"He agreed that it is the unusual case in which a prevailing Supreme Court precedent would be overturned," said Mr. Lieberman, adding, "He basically said -- I want to be careful about this, not putting words in his mouth -- that Roe was precedent on which people, a lot of people relied, that it had been precedent for decades and therefore deserves great respect".
Obama responded to a legitimate international provocation — Assad's use of chemical weapons banned by the Geneva Conventions — in a way that was warranted by precedent and the prevailing political currents.
There are certainly precedents where prior Attorney Generals went against the prevailing philosophy and wishes of the man who appointed him or her, namely the President.
He has promised a trial should he not get satisfaction; though if the matter does reach court, his chances of prevailing in a potential Haden-Guest v. Public Storage may be slim, given precedent.
It also enabled her to operate outside the prevailing fashions of the music scene, her creations not reliant upon obvious musical precedents, but ranging freely across the sonic landscape.
The recommendations incorporate good precedents practised in other countries and are not more liberal than, for example, those prevailing in Britain.In accepting BAC's recommendations, the government intends to enact legislation where all human stem-cell research conducted in Singapore will have to be approved, licensed and closely monitored by the Ministry of Health.
For virtually her entire career, Bush has operated outside the prevailing trends and transient fashions of the music scene; in her music could be discerned few, if any, obvious musical precedents, the true imprimatur of the unique artist.
So too the emergency brake sets an important precedent for EU migrants and benefits, establishing the principle that, in certain circumstances, benefits should be paid according to the levels prevailing in the country from which the EU citizen has come.
Perhaps the prevailing climate mattered.
Is that the prevailing view?
