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We groan over a precedent that declares that licence fee rises can be carved back at will.

FISC rulings have broadened the meaning of the word "relevant," moving further away from Supreme Court precedent that declared evidence could only be considered if there was a "reasonable possibility" that it could produce information related to an investigation.

This is a precedent that could spread.

It was not a precedent that was much followed.

In the process, the court established that it has the power to declare an act of another branch of government unconstitutional ― a precedent that the executive and legislative branches have honored ever since.

That petition discussed a precedent that might seem instructive.

It is a precedent that Mr. Greenspan surely recalls.

There is a precedent that proves the power of leadership.

"It's a precedent" that's worrying, he said.

The lawsuit, backed by a host of groups on the right, gives conservative justices -- especially Justice Samuel Alito -- the chance to overturn a four-decade-old precedent that essentially declared fair-share fees to be legal.

While labor groups have hailed the NLRB's move as a victory for workers, earlier this week a group of Republican lawmakers and business interests assembled at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to declare it a dangerous precedent that would move jobs overseas.