Sentence examples for since the precedent from inspiring English sources
MICHAEL SMITH Cynthiana, Ky., July 3, 2012 Mr. Caine's suggestion that a newly elected president be given the power to make an appointment to the Supreme Court is dubious at best, since the precedent of nine judges has been in effect since 1869 and is considered just as sacrosanct as the Constitution's articles and amendments.
In fact, however, the judges of inferior courts often "make law," since the precedent of the highest court does not cover every situation, and not every case is reviewed.
No U.S. president and vice president will ever need to worry about impeachment--about being constrained by the rule of law--since the precedent for permissible lawlessness, recklessness, and incompetence will have been set so very low.
And there haven't been many similar lawsuits since, in part because of the precedent set by the outcome of Dubay v. Wells.
Since New Mexico set the precedent, 22 other states have passed legislation addressing naloxone access, though the characteristics of each law vary.
"The Graham campaign is generally viewed as the most pivotal in modern southern history since it set the precedent for the race-baiting and red-baiting tactics that were later employed so widely by politicians like Orval Faubus, George Wallace, and Jesse Helms," Chafe has written.
Privately, US Navy officials suggested that the spy ship was a good thing, since it further cemented the precedent that you can do anything you want in international waters, so long as you're not hurting anyone.
Therefore, no reason exists to coddle the despotic Saudi Arabia and other authoritarian Gulf monarchies to get their oil (and there really hasn't been since Franklin D. Roosevelt set the precedent for the security-for-oil trade with King Abdulaziz Ibn Saud during World War II).
One of the precedents Mr Vinson did dwell on, from 1935, has since been widely discredited, Mr Pasquale points out.
