Isn't the writer of a law the ultimate authority and final say in its interpretation?

[Jim__]

6. No. In Colorado we have an anti-tax activist named Douglas Bruce.

The most charitable thing we can say about Douglas Bruce is that he's a fucking idiot. An anti-tax law that was largely written by him was passed in Colorado - some years ago. Whenever there was a dispute about the law, he claimed the right to decide the dispute since he had written the law. He may have written it, but it was not him who passed it; and the interpretation of the law has to be based on a reasonable reading of the text.