Upon initial contact with the Texas Department of Public Safety, a spokesperson stated that the new law would “not be interpreted by just one agency; each agency may interpret it differently.”Speaking of vagueness, is that 'may' as in might or 'may' as have full permission to do so at will?
Vagueness
Vagueness is an interesting problem in philosophy. It's a much less pleasant problem in the law.
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Vagueness is generally an advantage for the authority, as it allows charges to be filed according to whim or stretched to encompass an opponent.
I especially love that when they are asked by the press to answer what should be simple questions, they cannot answer them because they themselves do not know the answer. It seems to me that such a law is inherently unjust. If the enforcers of the law cannot give clear and simple answers as to what is and is not an infraction of a law, then the law should be null and void.
Amen. I can't tell you how many times we've gone to the building department to get clarification on some issue we're having with the code, and get differing answers from different people, or no real answer at all. More so with zoning code than building code. But we are supposed to conform to that which those paid to check and advise on daily can't know...
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