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To: Abd al-Rahiim
To paraphrase WhiskeyX, it's just dicta.

No, I wrote the dicta are not binding precedents precedents on the decisions of later courts. That in no way says they are not authoritative statements which may or may not be used by a later court to inform its own decision.

189 posted on 05/02/2011 6:00:48 AM PDT by WhiskeyX
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To: WhiskeyX
That in no way says they are not authoritative statements which may or may not be used by a later court to inform its own decision.

And yet, none of the "authoritative statements" I have quoted directly from Minor or Wong Kim Ark convinces you. Why is that?

198 posted on 05/02/2011 7:46:13 AM PDT by Abd al-Rahiim
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