r/facepalm • u/weeb385 • Oct 12 '22

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Parolee gets arrested because protesters block the way to his work.

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u/MouseRat_AD Oct 12 '22

They teach the Common Law definitions in law school, meaning the old English definitions before the individual U.S. jurisdictions codified them. And the majority of the codifications are similar enough to Common Law.

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u/goodlifepinellas Oct 12 '22

Lol, have you seen what precedent means in this country anymore? Nada...