But, while precedents can be cited for Augustus' various powers, their concentration and tenure were absolutely unparalleled.
That said, pro-choice groups hailed her nomination, with Planned Parenthood declaring that she "understands the importance of ensuring that our Supreme Court justices respect precedent while also protecting our civil liberties".
While the precedent, Smith v Maryland, had to do with an individual case, Eagan wrote that the collection of metadata from millions of people does not, en masse, create a constitutional problem.
While that precedent is indisputably on the books, there is great dispute over how it should be applied in practice and how actively the federal courts should intervene in partisan politics.
While legal precedent argues for a duty to warn and the right-to-know, patients have their own perceptions of that right to know.
Subsequent IRS private letter rulings (PLRs) on the subject of postdoctoral grants (see PLRs 9851002, 199933021, 200042027, and 200226005), while not precedent setting, buttress this perspective.
While that precedent may help protect politicians and their aides, when it comes to labor unions and their organizing rights, the legal system may not be so forgiving.
Legal scholars said that while judicial precedents usually move in the smallest of increments, important cases can be an exception.
While these precedents cheer Tom Campbell, the financial disadvantages faced by the former congressman from Silicon Valley have meant he gets overlooked to a degree.
In two dizzying years, he pioneered campaigns against capital punishment, religious fundamentalism (in the form of creationism) and racism, while setting precedents in using psychiatric profiles, expert witnesses and a new form of oratorical showmanship to save his contrasting clients.
