It has been said before that laws/bills should come with an intent or goal attached, similar to the useful type of source code comments. Judges exist because s

It has been said before that laws/bills should come with an intent or goal attached, similar to the useful type of source code comments. Judges exist because strictly parsing the words of a law is not always enough, and knowing whether the application of the law is in line with why it was coined would be a good step.