precedent

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“There is absolutely no precedent to what is happening now,” said Arrachedi.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

The ruling builds directly on the Humphrey precedent from 2021, a California Supreme Court decision that first held wealth-based detention unconstitutional and a case I helped bring.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

The Justice Department asked a federal judge on Monday to vacate his ruling in the Jerome Powell case, a move that could prevent the decision from being cited as precedent in future investigations.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

That by itself wasn’t enough to keep him from previously being bullish, as continuing higher past the April 23 ideal day for a top was not without precedent.

From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026

But even that landmark precedent, so crucial in establishing the republican principle of rotation in office, paled in comparison to an even more elemental political and psychological realization.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis