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#1 2007-10-28 16:12:31

klakritz
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From: Winchester Massachusetts
Registered: 2005-10-25
Posts: 674

'starry decisis' for 'stare decisis'

Stare decisis is the legal doctrine of precedent. I’ll leave it for the J.D. eggcornologists out there to decide whether decisions from ‘higher’ courts suggest an astronomical interpretation. It’s fairly common:

This has been decided starry decisis by the supreme court.
www.huffingtonpost.com/users/profile/Jonny

And the fact is, you know, you can believe in starry decisis and still drop Roe v Wade. ... Starry decisis is basically saying that you respect precedent.
transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0511/15/ltm.05.html

Precedent and Starry Decisis, currently the foundation, on which Brown keeps our country safe from Segregation demand recognition of it’s enlighten creators
www.myspace.com/lindsaymacmusic

... uncertain where precisely where they would come down in balancing the principle of starry decisis with the violence done to it when Roe was decided.
critiquesoflibertarianism.blogspot.com/2006/02/how-roe-v-wade-will-be-overturned.html

He seems to feel Starry Decisis does apply to his job. I don’t think he would lightly decide to overturn Roe vs. Wade.
tonguetyed.blogspot.com/2006_01_12_archive.html

What about starry decisis? Doesn’t that count for anything? It counts a lot in the eyes of the lower courts.
sheridan_conlaw.typepad.com/sheridan_conlaw/change/index.html

Wade in the realm of starry decisis, but when you appoint someone for life you never really know what they’re going to do. hurricaneradio.blogspot.com/2005/10/if-there-was-any-question-bush-was.html

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#2 2007-10-28 19:00:27

jorkel
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Registered: 2006-08-08
Posts: 1456

Re: 'starry decisis' for 'stare decisis'

Hi Ken,
I guess you must have forgotten that you posted this a year ago…

‘starry decisis’ for ‘stare decisis’ by klakritz Contribute! 0 2006-08-07 03:10:05 by klakritz

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#3 2007-10-28 21:53:13

klakritz
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From: Winchester Massachusetts
Registered: 2005-10-25
Posts: 674

Re: 'starry decisis' for 'stare decisis'

Sorry. Not only did I forget, it didn’t come up when I searched for it!

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#4 2007-10-28 23:09:01

patschwieterman
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From: California
Registered: 2005-10-25
Posts: 1680

Re: 'starry decisis' for 'stare decisis'

Jorkel—Well, you can chalk one up (or chock one up) for your favorite search engine. Earlier today, I also thought Ken had already posted “starry decisis,” but when I searched Google Search on the home page, I got nuthin’. So I gave it up, and was surprised when you came up with the date. But there it is on the Forum Search page. Weirdly, I’m still getting nothing on the Google Search page, which should now be returning two hits. Hmmnnnhhh…. It looks like you have to use both engines to get the fullest coverage possible, and even then I think there are some forum posts that don’t come up.

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