Mr. Kobach said on Wednesday that the judge's opinion that the deportation deferrals were illegal would remain as a precedent, although with no immediate impact.
In examining the Nebraska ads, Professor Hasen said, "I think the practice stinks like a skunk, but at first blush it doesn't appear to be illegal under the F.E.C.'s precedent".
If it's determined the league's policy for ball inflation did apply to Brady, he was issued a punishment without precedent, which is illegal under the collective bargaining agreement.
To move the bill forward, it will be crucial to allay fears that it could set a precedent for other illegal immigrants, a concern expressed by Representative Steve King, Republican of Iowa, a longtime opponent of the measure.
The precedent of an illegal President having been established by the inauguration of Obama, the Republicans now feel free to promote their own illegal candidates.
That's why it's so important for Trump to put good justices on the Supreme Court, so they can not only strike down illegal regulations but also set precedents that will be binding on future presidents as well.
"Despite the virtually unanimous consensus of legal scholars and the overwhelming weight of legal precedent that waterboarding is illegal," the senators wrote, "certain Justice Department officials, operating behind a veil of secrecy, concluded that the use of waterboarding is lawful.
The Maryland precedent may well be illegal under a federal law that, in effect, bars states from regulating employee benefits.
The Senate has so far blocked passage of the bill, which stem cell researcher Sidney Altman of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, calls "a terrible precedent that would rule illegal some forms of basic research".
One case, which centered around a claim that a company was aiding and abetting illegal gambling, could have provided promising precedent for the industry, but that is no longer a possibility.
