Sentence examples for follows precedent from inspiring English sources

At a meeting on Monday, Unite's executive requested a legal opinion on the settlement, although it is understood that the payoff follows precedent for previous Amicus leaders.

If the judge follows precedent and takes into account the time Demjanjuk has already spent in prison, it will be hard to sentence him to a prison term of more than two or three years.

The ethics panel should follow precedent and appoint an outside counsel to look into the charges.

And Trump didn't nominate Gorsuch simply because he knows how to follow precedent.

Her supporters say the ruling merely followed precedent in affirming a lower court.

Expect to hear her say often that she will follow precedent, which is a useful dodge for nominees.

The Supreme Court must place each ruling it makes in the context of its past decisions; it must follow precedent.

The skepticism toward overturning precedent reflects Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts's own relationship with stare decisis, the doctrine that courts should generally follow precedent.

A bureaucracy's files (i.e., its past records) provide it with organizational memory, thereby enabling it to follow precedent and standard operating procedures.

"If Trump had followed precedent, he would have divested his assets and put the cash in a blind trust," he said.

Yet it would be a mistake to consider Constantine a revolutionary or to overlook those areas in which, rather than innovating, he followed precedent.