What is the principle that federal courts should not anticipate a question of constitutional law in advance of deciding it?
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The following excerpt is from Federal Election Commission v. Central Long Island Tax Reform Immediately Committee, 616 F.2d 45 (2nd Cir. 1980):
Moreover, the basic principle that a federal court should "not anticipate a question of constitutional law in advance of the necessity of deciding it," Ashwander v. TVA, 297 U.S. 288, 346, 56 S.Ct. 466, 483, 80
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