Sentence examples for than precedent from inspiring English sources

If the Court splits along its customary ideological lines — the conservatives against Obama, the liberals for him — the case may serve as another illustration that politics, rather than precedent, is the real currency of the Supreme Court.

Results suggest a 10-item 3-factor solution may be an ideal fit for clinical samples; however, using the undergraduate sample, the same solution was significantly better than precedent solutions but nonetheless not ideal.

In a congratulatory letter to colleagues Motley called the Rhode Island decision "as significant if not more significant" than precedent-setting rulings in tobacco litigation: "Uncork the champagne bottles!" Already Motley has 20 lawyers and paralegals working on the litigation.

His rulings were generally concerned with practicalities rather than legal theory, based more on social morality than legal precedent, and he did not establish any important precedents.

Their problem, however, is more fundamental than legal precedent.

But critics say the actual numbers are less important than the precedent that the reclassification would set.

In deciding what constitutional importance to attach to the rates, Judge Scheindlin may be forced to rely more on instinct than legal precedent, of which there is little.

Those looking for an explanation for the pace and scale of the government's ambition are directed to look no further than the precedent set by Tony Blair.

Mr. Lodge said that the resolution was no broader than the precedent created by Great Britain when she protested against the acquisition of a naval base in Morocco by Germany.

But Mr. Torres, the son of a bodega owner and a councilman for 12 years, will need more than historical precedent to rescue a depressed city that never benefited from the economic boom of recent years.

In February, newspaper publishers in Belgium won their case for copyright infringement over extracts used by Google in its search index, though the paltry £17,000 will be less or a concern than the precedent.