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That's not how common law systems work. Things like executive privilege, qualified immunity, the fighting words doctrine, are all essentially just made up by ju
by xxpor 6y ago
That's not how common law systems work. Things like executive privilege, qualified immunity, the fighting words doctrine, are all essentially just made up by judges.
- chipsa 6y agoStatutory law over-rides common law, however. If Congress passed a law explicitly overriding any of those, those would cease to exist.