To: Nathanael1
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Because it's not a precedent. It's dicta."
How so? Are you saying what the court said in their finding...that that is dicta?
271 posted on
06/23/2011 4:12:11 PM PDT by
rxsid
(HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
To: rxsid; Nathanael1
"Because it's not a precedent. It's dicta."
When the Supreme Court construes a portion of the Constitution to use as the basis for their ruling in a specific case, it's definitely not a dictum but a precedent.
272 posted on
06/23/2011 4:17:53 PM PDT by
aruanan
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