PSCI 3362 Lecture Notes - Lecture 70: Precedent, Channel One News
19 Apr 2016
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Affect how other lower courts interpret similar cases. Court is bound to these decisions, but they can overturn decisions they have made before. Overturning acts of congress - 177 federal laws overturned. A state law must also follow the federal law. In order to comply, people need to know about the rule/decision. Judges of lower courts can be ignorant of decisions of the supreme court, but less likely. They may not keep up with the rulings the come out of the supreme. If party gets more than 50% of the vote. The decision of brown v. board of education didn"t have an effect. The court relies on other people to implement these policies. Congress and president got involved that the desegregation took place finally. Local justices were given leeway for judge compliance and quickness. If supreme court leaves it up to more local justices to decide, they may not comply right away.
