Sentences with phrase «follow precedent»

Not to follow precedent means not to follow the law of our country... That would suck, wouldn't it?

In his decision, Justice Wilcox was careful to follow the precedent on what constitutes continuity, as set down by the High Court in Yorta Yorta.

Beyond those apparently innate characteristics, lawyers learn to follow precedent in law school.

[n8] However, when convinced of former error, this Court has never felt constrained to follow precedent.

After all, aren't lawyers trained to follow precedent rather than make it?

Should state courts follow the precedent by the federal court?

Lawyers who are trained to follow precedent rarely want to take risks, preferring to wait until «everyone else is doing it» before putting something new into place.

We lawyers are trained to follow precedent, not set it.

and as he said: «the comments about censorship are tedious and I'm minded to follow precedent and automatically toss any comments that «dare me to print them».»

Although he would occasionally follow precedent instead of the original understanding of constitutional text, Scalia argued that, in general, originalism was the only principled way for judges to avoid enshrining their own policy preferences into the law.

Here again, one finds Scalia willing to abandon originalism not to follow precedent but to break from it (or at least to make new law).

«And we set a precedent, and other states then follow the precedent that we set in New York.»

Follow precedent.

So, why did I not follow this precedent, instead of exposing the nation to all the hazards of the past few days?

Tough not to follow precedent as phony Senator George Amedore, a REPUB, was seated prematurely with a seventy vote lead.

In the same way that a Judge must follow precedent when considering a judgement.

In addition, we will be lobbying other state governments to follow the precedent established in Tasmania.

In our legal system, courts follow precedents.

In attempting thus to establish analogy, of course, Hartshorne follows a precedent long since set by classical metaphysics and theology.

The writers of the New Testament followed the precedent of the Greek translators of the Old Testament some 250 years earlier.

The majority responded that the Dissenters» refusal to follow precedents when they disagree with them «makes it difficult to engage in additional meaningful debate.»

Ms Gillan told me it follows a precedent which already exists: the Welsh Secretary is questioned by Assembly Members on the UK Government's plans in the aftermath of the Queen's Speech.

[3] Following the precedent of 1913, the temporary presidency and the majority leadership would have been separated again under this scenario.

Eddie Murphy's presence as Mushu is following the precedent Robin Williams set in Aladdin, though he is nothing like as funny or as memorable as the Genie - in fact, he's not funny at all.

In a near unanimous 8 - 1 decision, the Alabama Supreme Court followed the precedent set three times by the U.S. Supreme Court — in its review of school choice vouchers, tax - credit scholarships, and individual tax credits — stating that the Alabama Accountability Act:

Following precedent set by the recent «Bank Transfer Day» movement, consumers who are fed up with their credit cards are encouraged to participate in «Balance Transfer Day» on Dec. 11.

Following the precedent they set nearly a decade ago with Final Fantasy X-2, Yoshinori Kitase and his team have dreamed up another direct Final Fantasy sequel, which is unusual for a series known for introducing a completely new setting and storyline with each game.

The game makers are wrong to argue that the Federal Circuit should rehear the case because the appellate court panel allegedly created a «safe harbor» for technological ideas, as the court simply followed precedent for abstract claims as set by Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International, a 2014 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held that abstract ideas implemented using a computer are not eligible for a patent, asserted McRO Inc. in its brief.

This followed the precedent of The Family of Man, 1971 (BH 513, Barbara Hepworth Estate, on loan to Yorkshire Sculpture Park, repr.

This level of involvement follows the precedent of artists commissioned by Rock acts to produce album covers, videos or concert sets - recent examples being John Currin for Pulp, Wolfgang Tillmans and Sam Taylor - Wood for the Pet Shop Boys and Damien Hirst for Blur.

The concept of N - ICE2015 followed the precedent of many previous expeditions, including the Fram expedition by Fridtjof Nansen, Russian drifting stations, the Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean campaign in 1998 — 1999 [Perovich et al., 1999], and the Tara drift during International Polar Year 2007 — 2008 [Gascard et al., 2008].

In this way it has followed the precedent set by the Stern Review for the UK Labor Party.

I would suspect that the authors of Gergis 2016 are simply following the precedent established from previous temperature reconstruction of using the post fact selection without questioning, or perhaps understanding, the statistical problem in using that method.

The author's thesis is that linguistic analysis used in opinions to justify decisions is not done consistently and is often illogical because judges sometimes use linguistic analysis to avoid giving straightforward reasons for their decisions, lest they be criticized for wielding state power to act with partiality or for not following precedent.

Following the precedent set by the decision of the Supreme Court in Montgomery v. Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] UK SC 11, the case constitutes the first appellate decision where the Court of Appeal has emphatically ruled in favour of patient choice.

The HRTO has developed a wide and established body of jurisprudence in its area of expertise; the Superior Court, being a generalist court, is wise, in my opinion, to follow its precedents.

In essence, Breyer said that even though junking the old precedents and following the new ones might make sense, the importance of following precedent, at least in this case, was more important.

«There was also a discussion as to whether Wayfair should be decided based on stare decisis,» [following precedent] Gulotta said.

However, this initiative was overshadowed by an ongoing conflict between the province, which, following the precedent set by Trutch, sought to continue land appropriations, and the federal government, which claimed Crown title to the reserves.

There are a number of ways in which a judge may avoid following precedent — overturning or distinguishing a previous ruling, for instance.

Following the precedent set by previous CCW meetings, the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots will take its seat at the table at every CCW session, as well as make statements, circulate documents, and host side events.

Following the precedent set by previous CCW meetings, the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots will participate in every session, make statements, circulate documents, and convene side events, on Monday, 9 April and Wednesday, April 11 in Conference Room XXIII.

Following the precedent set by previous CCW meetings, the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots will take its seat at the table at every CCW session, as well as make statements, circulate documents, and host two side events.

Though pricing hasn't been set, one would hope that Belkin follows the precedent set by Philips Hue and initially offer the Bridge at a discount to existing WeMo owners.

Not exact matches

Beyond that instance, it's difficult to assess the impact of any tax changes on Trump's personal taxes: He has not followed his predecessors» precedent by releasing any tax returns.

(Such proposals are being submitted at a few companies this year and a bill to this effect, following UK precedent, has been introduced in Congress, albeit with no prospect of success.)

«While there is no modern precedent for an adult child of the president [in the West Wing], I will voluntarily follow all of the ethics rules placed on government employees,» she said.

Assuming — hoping — that yesterday's Boston Marathon bombing is not followed by a string of similar attacks, the most apt precedent might be the July 7, 2005, blasts in London, when three trains and a bus were targeted, 52 victims were killed and 700 were injured.

Central to this Court - led revolution is the idea that the Constitution is in a state of more or less perpetual evolution, whence it follows that judges need not be bound by the precise words of the document, or by prior precedent, or by settled historical meaning.

Oregon was the first state to legalize PAS in 1994, setting a precedent for other states to follow — Washington in 2008, Montana in 2009, Vermont in 2013, California in 2015 and most recently, Colorado in 2016.