#supreme-court-precedent

#supreme-court-precedent

A 1976 LAPD chokehold case and the Supreme Court's ruling barred injunctive relief, enabling ongoing limitations on legal prevention of police abuse.

Supreme Court precedent is not absolute and can be overturned if it lacks a sound legal foundation, potentially enabling reconsideration of marriage equality.

A federal judge found the mass probationary firings unlawful but refused to order reinstatement, citing Supreme Court precedent and that too much time had passed.

Chief Justice Roberts used the shadow docket to allow President Trump's firing of FTC commissioner Rebecca Slaughter, undermining nearly a century of Humphrey's Executor precedent.

Humphrey's Executor (1935) bars presidential removal of FTC commissioners except for inefficiency, neglect, or malfeasance, and is pivotal to current litigation.