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We inherited our entire legal tradition from English common law, so an appeal to precedent from back then isn’t totally outlandish.
by throwaway173738 3y ago
We inherited our entire legal tradition from English common law, so an appeal to precedent from back then isn’t totally outlandish.
- galleywest200 3y agoThe US did fight a war to not have to follow English laws, however.
- SllX 3y agoThe English Monarchy and Parliament, really. Our laws (States and Federal) have continued to evolve in the English tradition as modified by republican Constitutional values.