united states - What would happen if a US circuit court consistently . . . What incentives prevent this from happening right now? As I understand it, most lower court decisions treat Supreme Court precedent, especially recent precedent, as inarguable truth, forming the axiomatic basis of the lower court's decisions
What makes the Nuclear Option in the US Senate a precedent that its . . . The precedent becomes part of the rules of the Senate Now suppose in future there is a cloture vote on an appointment, and it passes 52-48 (say) If the chair rules that this isn't enough there would be a point of order and the 52 votes would again overrule the chair
What is the Constitutional precedent for military aid? Is there any Constitutional precedent for the claim that it is or is not within the rights or duties of the office of the President of the United States or of Congress to grant, to deny, or to susp
Have POTUS pardons before 2025 included wording that they are not . . . First of all, if it is "dicta" rather than a holding of an issue actually before it, the precedent isn't binding What often happens is that decisions are decided inconsistently with the hold precedent and affirmed without expressly overruling a new case This is called implicitly overruling a case And, often what happens is that a legal theory develops in later precedents that doesn't
Is there a precedent in Western countries where a state court has . . . Is there a precedent in Western countries where a state court has prohibited a candidate from running for office? Colorado's Supreme Court has recently issued a ruling stating that former President Donald Trump is ineligible to run for president in the state's upcoming election
united states - Is there precedent for a losing candidate to be . . . Is there any precedent since 1913 1 for a Senate candidate who lost, to be appointed to the Senate shortly 2 after the election? 1 The Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified which established the direct election of senators, as well as means of filling vacant Senate seats
china - Is there a precedent for a country sending a spy vehicle . . . Is there a precedent for a country sending a spy vehicle without doing any actual spying? Do countries have anything to gain from doing something like this? I feel it only has consequences with very little benefits General Milley claims that the balloon was a spy balloon that didn't collect any intelligence