The law should make its prohibitions and permissions as clear and definite as possible, leaving the least possible room for arbitrary action, or allegation of such action, on the part of the Executive, or of divergent interpretations by the courts.
Roosevelt stresses the importance of clarity in laws to minimize arbitrary enforcement and misinterpretation.
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