A quotation from Ambrose Bierce

PRECEDENT, n. In Law, a previous decision, rule or practice which, in the absence of a definite statute, has whatever force and authority a Judge may choose to give it, thereby greatly simplifying his task of doing as he pleases. As there are precedents for everything, he has only to ignore those that make against his interest and accentuate those in the line of his desire.

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Precedent,” The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/76306…

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#precedent : going before; anterior

- French: précédent

- German: der Präzedenzfall

- Portuguese: precedente

- Spanish: precedente

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Useless quote for 27 Feb:

"The acts of to-day became the precedents of to-morrow, and might be used hereafter under different circumstances, and by other persons, for very different purposes."

~ Farrer Herschell, 1st Baron Herschell, 1878

Link to source:
https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/1878-05-23/debates/ff60b2f0-7572-4792-99fc-af332a98b190/AdjournedDebateThirdNight

But in this country Ho’s complete disregard for #precedent, hostility to logic, and seething #hatred for #women and #pregnant people might just make him the next associate justice of the #SupremeCourt... Ho was sworn in as a Fifth Circuit judge in—wait for it—#HarlanCrow’s personal library.

#corruptrobertscourt #AbolishTheFilibuster #JohnLewisVotingRightsAct

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/james-ho-next-clarence-thomas/