Why do judges decide cases as narrowly as possible?
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Replying to @admittedlyhuman
Judges are always throwing out cases on a technicality and saying "phew, we can leave the important legal issues ambiguous a bit longer".
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Replying to @admittedlyhuman
Wouldn't we want a ruling as soon as we notice part of the law is uncertain? Is it just a makework program for lawyers?
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Replying to @admittedlyhuman
@admittedlyhuman throwing out a case on a technicality can be about vagueness in law but also be to reinforce cops acting WITHIN the law1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @drethelin
@drethelin yeah I guess I'm thinking more appeals courts/supreme court than object-level court here2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @admittedlyhuman
@admittedlyhuman for supreme court it might just be a case of wanting to leave stuff up to states2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@drethelin @admittedlyhuman hahahahahahahahahahaha
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