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[–] dufkm 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That would be a nice legal loophole for a corporation. Bribe someone to lose a court case without council, and then use that case as legal precedent for future cases.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

indeed! so there must be more to this. So how does it actually work?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A judge can choose to ignore precedent.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not arbitrarily though. If they are going to choose to ignore precedent then they have to provide a reasonable justification. E.g. the legal precedent is very old and is not fit for purpose in the modern era, or, the specifics of the case are different enough from the specifics of the precedent that It is possible to argue that it does not apply.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, is that how they overturned roe v wade?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It also helped the US supreme court basically doesn't do its job anymore. Had the justice system worked as intended it would have been quite difficult to justify overturning it. It's not like anything new had happened or any new evidence had come to light.