• NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
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    17 hours ago

    They can’t wildly swing from one precedent to another, depending on the individual whims of whichever judge is currently deciding a case.

    They can and they are.

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      15 hours ago

      That’s why I responded the way I did to the guy that said, “Stare Decisis is for suckers”.

      The current Supreme Court is not adhering to precedent. Without that adherence, no decision is final. Every established law can simply be reinterpreted again and again, without any consistency.