Sentence examples for vague law from inspiring English sources

This vague law has never before been used in this way.

Mr. Johnson of SmithKline described the shift in supply as "a business decision driven by the fact that this was a vague law and difficult to interpret".

Does a vague law from 1789 – the so-called All Writs Act – give courts authority to make tech companies remake their products in times of duress?

PAGE A18 SORTING OUT A VAGUE LAW The "honest services" law makes it a crime "to deprive another of the intangible right of honest services".

Additionally, it is trying to head off the government's increasing reliance on an old, vague law known as the All Writs Act as a way to facilitate surveillance.

In April, the police arrested four bloggers, under a vague law criminalizing electronic publications that might offend the followers of any religion, disturb law and order, or "deprave and corrupt" readers.

The answer lies in the extraordinarily vague laws that characterize the sprawling federal criminal code.

The internet, once free of Kremlin control, has been restricted by new, vague laws.

Vague laws on women's dress and behaviour are implemented inconsistently.

After all, what's the purpose of courts if not to interpret vague laws?

Vague laws create opportunities for unintended consequences and offer an open invitation for aggressive lobbying.