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Re:Supreme Court guts agency power in seismic Chevron ruling by SllX on Friday June 28, 2024 @10:44PM (#40827513)
This is stare (“starry”) decisis, and while it is absolute vertically, it is less so horizontally. Basically the court can decide that it got it wrong before, but the 9th Circuit is bound by a higher court’s precedents (SCOTUS in this case): https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/stare_decisis
Re:Supreme Court guts agency power in seismic Chevron ruling by cryptonector on Saturday June 29, 2024 @01:45AM (#40828142)
With the caveat that the appeals courts set lots of precedents where the cases never reach the Supreme Court, in which cases the appeals courts are as bound by their precedents as the SCOTUS is by its precedents (i.e., not really).
Re:Supreme Court guts agency power in seismic Chevron ruling by SllX on Saturday June 29, 2024 @05:53AM (#40829047)
Yep! And District Courts are bound by the Appellate Circuit Courts above them.