▲ 1428 ▼ American justice (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by DougHolland@lemmy.world [M] to c/aiop@lemmy.world 75 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) I didn't say they pull the strings. I said they dictate it. They set precedence. Which is huge in the interpretation of law. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] butwhyishischinabook@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Yes I know, I'm a lawyer lol. I'm just saying that, in effect, lower courts split frequently, and even when they ostensibly don't split they interpret SCOTUS decisions in sometimes very different ways. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] butwhyishischinabook@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Yes I know, I'm a lawyer lol. I'm just saying that, in effect, lower courts split frequently, and even when they ostensibly don't split they interpret SCOTUS decisions in sometimes very different ways. permalink fedilink source parent
