The first was one of power, and if the curfew law was unconstitutional.

For their part, the police say they would like to see more than just a curfew law.

In general, when curfew laws have been overturned, courts have said they were overly broad or too vague.

Critics call New Jersey's law overkill because, they say, at least 113 of the state's 567 municipalities already have their own local curfew laws.

Elsewhere in Connecticut, enforcement is unusual, even if a curfew law is on the books.

The council adopted his motion asking the Police Department what was being done to enforce curfew laws.

He has sponsored curfew laws and made efforts to cut government waste, reduce taxes and institute juvenile justice reform.

The curfew law imposed upon the people was a compulsory duty they had to do or be punished like a criminal.

A century later in England the curfew bell was associated more with a time of night rather than an enforced curfew law.

It superseded a 1987 curfew law that had been enforced sporadically, usually based on its popularity with the administration in power.