An equally important principle in this delicate area is that of due process: fair notice of what the rules are.
"If there's a problem," he said, "you'd be given fair notice."
But he couldn't be the kind of man who would walk out on a job without giving fair notice.
Terrorists and terrorist states do not reveal these threats with fair notice in formal declarations.
He ruled that Michigan law did not provide "fair notice" that assisting in a suicide was a crime until then.
Basic principles of due process, the appeal argued, require giving people fair notice that their actions would be regarded as criminal.
"Shall we declare a truce, not to be broken until after fair notice?"
The requirement of "fair notice" means that there must be awareness of the law.
Accordingly, we first consider whether the ordinance provides fair notice to the citizen and then discuss its potential for arbitrary enforcement.
"The most important step is that the athlete be given fair notice."