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People conforming to the letter, but not the spirit, of a request. For now, this includes text posts, images, videos and links. Please ensure that the “malicious compliance” aspect is apparent - if you’re making a text post, be sure to explain this part; if it’s an image/video/link, use the “Body” field to elaborate.

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We ACCEPT (for now) reposts of good malicious compliance stories (from other platforms) which did not happen to you or someone you knew. Please use a [REPOST] tag in such situations.
We DO NOT ALLOW fiction, or posts that break site-wide rules.

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Businesses can discriminate against their customers? Alright then... (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is a problem with the US legal system. Every decision is a precedent, no matter how specific it is.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Well, Roe v Wade set a precedent, which was then reverted ~50 years later, so I'm not sure how much precedents apply to the supreme court (it definitely applies to lower courts tho)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This is how common law everywhere that England colonized works. It’s not endemic to the US.