Free Expression and World Youth Day in AustraliaA big with the problem with the law under the US framework would be that its vagueness interferes with legitimate rights to freedom of expression.If I were a police officer in Sydney, however, the last thing I'd be looking forward to was having to watch out for so many very young people a half a world away from home.Prominent Australian Jesuit Frank Brennan, SJ, argues that the regulations contradict Catholic social teaching. HT: Jim Martin, SJ

Cathleen Kaveny is the Darald and Juliet Libby Professor in the Theology Department and Law School at Boston College.

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