Sentence examples for old precedents from inspiring English sources

"The duke's case is one of the hoariest of old precedents.

But otherwise, he thinks Bush administration officials grappled in good faith with old precedents and made reasonable decisions.

What Descartes was doing for knowledge, others would do for politics: sweep away the old precedents and write new constitutions based on reason.

During an era of major social tumult, when the public's attitudes about racial equality, fairness in the workings of democracy and the dignity of the individual proved incompatible with old precedents, those centrists led the court to take new positions in carrying out democratic principles.

(Shawcross draws a bit on my book "The Terror Presidency"). He acknowledges that the administration "made a significant mistake in not consulting adequately either Congress or its allies". But otherwise, he thinks Bush administration officials grappled in good faith with old precedents and made reasonable decisions.

Once on the highest bench, Mr Roberts would be free to vote to unsettle old precedents.One more social conservative would not be enough to overturn Roe v Wade, but he might restrict some aspects of a woman's "right to choose".

Cameron seems to have revived old precedent in changed times.

The old precedent regarding treaties was thus, according to the conservatives, truly obsolete.

Public unions wanted to be able to charge fees to workers who refused to join them, and a 41-year old precedent, Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, allowed them to do so.

SOTOMAYOR: The Supreme Court's decision with respect to the Second Circuit incorporation -- Second Amendment incorporation doctrine is reliant on old precedent of the court, and I don't mean to use that as precedent that doesn't bind when I call it old.

Whether intentionally or not, his approach follows a famous old precedent from 1936-37 when Paul Keres and Reuben Fine, then the rising stars of Europe and the US, also played with little rest and ended up tied first at Avro 1938 ahead of four world champions.