So why don't we keep all laws hidden? One could expand your argument at any and all laws. Why write down the laws for "money laundering" as it would <s> only

So why don't we keep all laws hidden? One could expand your argument at any and all laws. Why write down the laws for "money laundering" as it would <s> only allow people to skirt the laws </s>. If you don't right down the law and keep its enforcement procedurally, the laws are often misapplied to constrict those that are undesirable by the state (either through political resistance, the politically unconnected, or disrupters)