In part, that's because broad, vague laws make that confusion easy.
The Constitution also has safeguards against laws so sweeping or so vague that ordinary people cannot tell when they are breaking them.
After all, what's the purpose of courts if not to interpret vague laws?
He called the law vague and confusing.
Congress would no longer be able to avoid responsibility by sending vague laws to the executive branch and blaming it for filling in the unpopular details.
They are often used to explain the objective or interpretation of a vague or nonspecific law or requirement.
The courts have generally determined that vague laws deprive citizens of their rights without fair process, thus violating due process.
City officials countered that a vague commercial law could not supersede a crystal-clear criminal law.
Some parts of the opinion blamed Congress for writing a vague clean-air law and giving away too much authority.
However, the boast of British literary artistic freedom cannot be made with confidence, given a vague law and a swinging moral pendulum.