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If Jeffrey Michael Moran has any home-remodeling projects, he may need to hire a pro — or shop at Lowe’s. Home Depot is out of the question now that the California Supreme Court has ruled he has no constitutional right to go there. When Moran was convicted of committing second-degree burglary at a San Jose Home Depot, his sentence included a probation condition forbidding him to enter any Home Depot store or adjacent parking lot in California. He claimed this violated his constitutional right to travel, and an intermediate appellate court held the condition, which applied to stores other than the one where he was caught stealing batteries, was “unconstitutionally overbroad.” (AC/Wall Street Journal) ...What was overbroad was the thief’s view of his constitutional rights.