> where there is silence or substantial ambiguity it seems right to err on the side of popular opinion If “it seems right” is a good way to run a country, why

> where there is silence or substantial ambiguity it seems right to err on the side of popular opinion If “it seems right” is a good way to run a country, why do we even have laws? I don’t think abusing silence and substantial ambiguity is a coherent approach to legislation. If something important in the law is ambiguous, the correct approach in my view is to make it unambiguous by the usual legislative process.