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73) Although federal court judges have life tenure, and thus cannot be sanctioned for failing to follow precedent, they generally regard adherence to precedent as a basic responsibility of judging.
Dubai: Australian pin-up Anna Rawson believes the bodies governing women's golf must follow precedents set by tennis and inject glamour into the sport to make it more lucrative for the players.
Records from the Philadelphia Convention and of the ratification debates do not mention anywhere a power of the Supreme Court to follow precedent over constitutional text.
 
 
 
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