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Re:The window to deploy surveillance-resistant systems is ru... by ByThyGrace on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @02:20PM (#30090383)
In modern republics there is the practise of turning custom into law[0] by the generalized social manifestation of said custom, without said law having been enacted by a legislative body such as congress. All it takes is one judge setting the precedent.

0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Customary_law

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Re:The window to deploy surveillance-resistant systems is ru... by vanusa on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @02:31PM (#30090511)
In edge case matters not defined by current law, sometimes.

But precedents that simply overturn other laws -- or as applies to the matter at hand, in the United States at least: the 4th Amendment - no.

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