Posted on 08/03/2005 10:11:23 AM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection
Agreed. All judges talk about respecting precedent, and they should. This doesn't mean they slavishly follow all precedent. As Roberts said in the answer, "Precedent plays an important role." Was he supposed to say "I don't give a flip about precedent?"
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