Opinion ID: 1676570
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: constitutional vagueness and right to due process

Text: The trial court, as we have stated, declined to adjudicate the constitutionality of KRS 6.821(3)(b) as it applied only to those legislative agents who were not before the court. The trial court did not adjudicate the constitutionality of KRS 6.821(4)(b) on due process grounds as appellant did not challenge the constitutionality of this provision. However, there is a mechanism in the codes that would overcome due process problems, if any there are. Buckley, supra . Vagueness problems would be diminished by the administrative regulations which have been enacted pursuant to KRS 6.666(5). Therein, definitional matters are resolved. Commission on Indep. Colleges & Universities v. New York Temporary State Comm'n on Regulation of Lobbying., 534 F.Supp. 489 (N.D.N.Y.1982). The record does not demonstrate an allegation that administrative remedies have been sought. Both vagueness and due process grounds are addressed in United States v. Harriss, supra . Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the Franklin Circuit Court and specifically uphold the constitutionality of KRS 6.807(1)-(6); 6.809(1); 6.811(2), (3), (4), (7) and (9); 6.821(2), (4)(a)(2); 6.824(1), (2); 11A.211; 11A.216; 11A.221; and 11A.236(1). FUQUA and LAMBERT, JJ., JAMES LEVIN, Special Justice, and STUMBO and WINTERSHEIMER, JJ., concur. STEPHENS, C.J., concurs in part and dissents in part by separate opinion.