Sentence examples for precedent state from inspiring English sources

Under Supreme Court precedent, state criminal defendants whose convictions are final may generally not avail themselves of "new rules" by petitioning for habeas corpus in federal court on the basis of a favorable new Supreme Court decision.

Under Supreme Court precedent, states may require that women be given information about the nature of the abortion procedure.

Under the court's precedents, states can insist that parties use primaries to nominate candidates.

The court cited a long line of precedents stating that in general, local governments are not liable for their employees' negligent conduct.

He noted that doubtful precedents stated that Congress, and not another part of the government had the power to regulate everything that a tribe could or could not do, which renders tribal sovereignty a "nullity".

The case could set an important precedent for state and local police agencies.

Meanwhile, some legislators expressed concern about a precedent of state government control of local legislation.

He may lose his Yukos stake, setting a precedent for state seizure of property in the post-Soviet era.

But action by the federal government, whether it is Congress or the President, can create valuable precedent, showing state lawmakers and governors that they need not be reflexively severe on crime.

Though based on a technicality, the Blyew case set a precedent in state and federal courts that led to the erosion of Congress's Thirteenth Amendment powers.

By historical precedent, the State had previously borne the costs of evaluations for felony-level offenses and, because juvenile courts in Tennessee are funded through County budgets, there was little incentive for juvenile court judges to consider the cost of the evaluations on felony-level offenses as long as the State was paying.