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State supreme courts may decline to follow bad U.S. Supreme Court precedents because those decisions bind only the parties to the particular case.

Wow, so the Miranda Warning only applies to Ernesto Miranda?

Roe vs. Wade only applies to Jane Roe?

Alabama grows some interesting judges.

7 posted on 01/16/2006 10:30:39 AM PST by Dog Gone
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To: Dog Gone
[State supreme courts may decline to follow bad U.S. Supreme Court precedents because those decisions bind only the parties to the particular case.]

Wow, so the Miranda Warning only applies to Ernesto Miranda?

The decision in Miranda applied only to Miranda. The precedent stemming from that decision applies only as far as courts continue to apply it.

8 posted on 01/16/2006 10:43:52 AM PST by inquest (If you favor any legal status for illegal aliens, then do not claim to be in favor of secure borders)
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"ALABAMA SOME INTERESTING JUDGES"
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Hmm, Dog Gone, you seem to misunderstand the nature of a legal "precedent". A "precedent" isn't a law, a "precedent" is merely a guide, a tradition, a nod of the head to other judges who have ruled on sundry aspects of statute laws in the past without having their rulings overturned by a higher court.

Justice is not served by blind allegiance to precedence.
Neither is justice served by off-the-wall voo-doo semantics.

Alabama Supreme Court Justice Tom Parker speaks clearly.
A most welcome trait in a lawyer or a judge.
15 posted on 01/16/2006 12:50:40 PM PST by the final gentleman
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