Decisions
Statutes
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- rules and decisions
- rules and statutes
- assizes and decisions
- assizes and statutes
- measures and decisions
- measures and statutes
- charges and decisions
- charges and statutes
- institutes and decisions
- institutes and statutes
- rulings and decisions
- rulings and statutes
- enactments and decisions
- enactments and statutes
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Unlike English courts and most other common-law courts, the Supreme Court is allowed to overturn its previous decisions in cases regarding statutes and the Constitution, on the grounds that the old interpretation was wrong; the most famous case of this is Brown v.
- This is less common than it used to be, but it is nevertheless perfectly normal for an American court to cite to English, Canadian, or Australian decisions, and it is something of an affront to the dignity of these sister courts that these statutes forbid citing to them.
Source: There Should Be a Law
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