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Courts are adverse to addressing key issues because they want to avoid creating precedent.
by css 3y ago
Courts are adverse to addressing key issues because they want to avoid creating precedent.
- coliveira 3y agoA big disadvantage of the common law system used in the Anglo sphere. Most countries don't have a system where judicial decisions create precedent.
- fallingknife 3y agoWhy would they want to avoid that? Isn't creating precedent basically their job?
- newjersey 3y agoNo, in a functioning democracy, it is the job of the legislature to write laws. However, looks like we can barely pass a budget most years. I saw Jeff Jackson from North Carolina say on tick tock that it is likely that we won’t even be able to do that on time this year.
- catlover76 3y agoSort of, but typically, most judges who aren't on the Supreme Court or a state's highest court pretend like it isn't part of the job at all.