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However, it is important to bear in mind that despite the impact that the case and self-reported commentary have had over the past eight years, it has absolutely no precedential value as case law.
This is the type of claim that is usually pursued in a private lawsuit rather than through a federal enforcement action, so the justices may not want to be dragged into a dispute that will have little precedential impact on the application of federal law.
In the law, where previous cases have precedential importance, more can be said.
Unfortunately, the opinion of that court is not likely to be precedential or particularly useful because of its unique posture under Tennessee law and somewhat flawed reasoning.
It does not take account of the precedential and other constraints that are in play or how much a decision moves the law in a conservative or liberal direction.
In dissent, Justice Scalia wrote that "there is not a whit of precedential support" for the idea that the Supreme Court was entitled to alter the deadline set out in the 1996 law.
"The decision below stands, but it has no precedential value.
But Ms. Mayer, the Senate counsel, said: "It's a precedential matter.
I hasten to add that this event probably has, as the lawyers say, limited precedential effect.
Other judges have tried their hand at precedential rhyme, not always with happy consequences.
Roe v. Wade, like all decided Supreme Court cases, has precedential value.
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