Reply to post: Re: Why case law?

Supreme Court mulls whether a cop looking up a license plate for cash is equivalent to watching Instagram at work

Steve Todd

Re: Why case law?

You need to remember that most lawmakers are lawyers. It’s a job creation process. They want the original language to be vague to catch as many cases as they can, and having to trawl through case law creates more work for their brethren.

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