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Lees tip -> Stare decisis: waarom eerdere uitspraken tellen | Column over stare decisis: waarom eerdere rechterlijke uitspraken richting geven aan nieuwe rechtspraak. | #jurisprudentie #precedent #rechtbank #rechters #rechtspraak #rechtsstaat #rechtszekerheid #staredecisis |

https://hbpmedia.nl/stare-decisis-waarom-eerdere-uitspraken-tellen/

#SCOTUS #precedent #staredecisis #superlegistature #arrogance

The Supreme Court Will Do Four Things This Term That Tell You Everything You Need to Know https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/10/supreme-court-term-analysis-four-key-points.html?via=rss

Speaking @ Catholic Univ School of Law in DC #ClarenceThomas argued that #SupremeCourt should rethink the way #law is interpreted as it relates 2 #staredecisis, the #legal doctrine that suggests #courts should follow #legal #precedent or prior decisions when making rulings on similar legal matters. "At some point we need to think about what we're doing w stare decisis..And it's not some sort of talismanic deal where you can just say 'stare decisis' and not think, turn off the brain, right?" 1/

The most eloquent section of the opinion was the discussion of #Roe & the principle of #StareDecisis — Latin for #judicial respect of existing #precedent — that had been crafted principally by #DavidSouter. Souter's words in Casey spoke not only for the Court, but also for the essence of America's judicial heritage & for the very core of Souter's own judicial background.

#SCOTUS #law #judiciary #Independence #ethics

A quotation from Ambrose Bierce

PRECEDENT, n. In Law, a previous decision, rule or practice which, in the absence of a definite statute, has whatever force and authority a Judge may choose to give it, thereby greatly simplifying his task of doing as he pleases. As there are precedents for everything, he has only to ignore those that make against his interest and accentuate those in the line of his desire.

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Precedent,” The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/76306…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #law #cherrypicking #judge #justicesystem #legalsystem #legalism #precedent #staredecisis

This is the #DisintegrationChecklist. #TheChecklist of what we can expect to lose in the next four years. That makes it a tool for gauging the progress of loss. 43 items. A grim countdown score in the form of a simple number: how many are still left? That is the #DisintegrationScore. 43... for now.

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from‬ https://absurdistwords.bsky.social‬:

#ThingsThatWillDisappearInTheNextFourYears (A non-exhaustive list)

#AbortionRights
#Contraception
#NoFaultDivorce
#ViolenceAgainstWomenAct (#VAWA)
#CivilRightsAct
#VotingRightsAct
#FirstAmendment Protections
#BirthrightCitizenship
#NaturalizationProtection
#EnvironmentalProtection
#ConsumerProtection
#FraudProtection
#PoliceBrutality #ConsentDecrees
#HabeasCorpus
Three #CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment
#GenderAffirmingCare
#HormoneReplacement
#InVitroFertilization
#SameSexMarriage
#InterracialMarriage
#AntiDiscrimination Laws
#WorkerSafety Laws
#CollectiveBargaining
#AffordableCareAct (#ACA)
#PrisonReform
#AmericansWithDisabilitiesAct (#ADA)
#RightToPrivacy
#SeparationOfChurchAndState
#ForeignAid Programs
#PovertyPrograms
#PublicRadio & #PublicTelevision
#SexualFreedom
#AntiSegregation Laws
#VaccineMandates
#PublicSchool System
#PublicLibrary System
#StareDecisis
#ChildLabor Laws
#Antitrust Laws
#LegalCannabis
#Pornography
#SexWorker Protections
#InternetFreedom
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Keeping track of this #DisintegrationChecklist, & the
#DisintegrationScore, is not a silly thing. I am not trying to #gamify the #apocalypse. It is a concrete measure, and if it is widely shared, it will make apparent even to the distracted the accelerating loss. A tool for those capable of caring.

https://bsky.app/profile/absurdistwords.bsky.social/post/3lb5wwj23v22u

'#Everything Is #ontheTable' After #US #SupremeCourt #Rulings: #Law #professor #MelissaMurray.

#Corrupt #Conservative #Justices on #Court has "made it very clear they they're not going to let themselves be #bound by #staredecisis," a #legal #term referring to adhering to #precedent, in "circumstances when it comes to #interpreting the #Constitution," meaning that all #precedents that conservatives don't like could be "on the #choppingblock."

https://www.newsweek.com/everything-table-after-supreme-court-rulings-law-professor-1810389