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Re:US Supreme Court limits federal judges' power to block Tr... by tzs on Friday June 27, 2025 @06:13PM (#44400763)
> Any judge in the country based on their own subjective politics can also create a precedent by ruling a certain way, and that single precedent might be used even a hundred years later.

District courts do not create precedent. Precedent comes from appellate courts.

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Re:US Supreme Court limits federal judges' power to block Tr... by wnoise on Friday June 27, 2025 @08:30PM (#44401487)
They do not create binding precedent. They can create so-called persuasive precedent -- something other courts (and the same district in subsequent opinions) can and do cite when they don't disagree.
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