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One of the reasons that judges and government officials have much difficulty in enforcing and interpreting laws is that the laws themselves are often very vague and/or ambiguous. Often this is the result of a political compromise or one part of a law being at odds with another written be a different legislators. Also, this is a way of Congress avoiding tough issues—every member can say what it is that he/she voted for and the vagueness allows their opponents to claim that it means just the opposite. The Executive and Judicial Branches then have to resolve the issue.
In 2005 Hurricane Katrina caused immense damage and much of the damaged property was insured. But the insurance companies, faced with large potential losses, placed every legal technicality in the way of paying claims and even came up with new interpretations of their contracts and refused to pay many claims even for people who were told that they were fully insured. Hood sued the insurance companies on behalf of the citizens of the state. See in addition {590847}.
