[lhc-]

The thing is, most laws already do this. They are proposed to affect some specific situation which has already occurred (like laws in response to online bullying, etc). The problem isn't that laws are just passed randomly without a specific case in mind: the problem is that they are often broad enough to have unintended consequences on other tangential cases. I don't think the problem is that no tests exist; I think the problem is more like bad test coverage. Laws can have wide reaching implications and it's very difficult to find every applicable situation before they come up.

[warble]

Sure, they have a situation in mind, but they are not actually tested. At least I've never heard of an instance. (I'm probably wrong)