To: Mojave
Precedents, standards and customs evolved over time from multiple sources ... may be basis for a formal legal framework, but by themselves these aren't laws until the courts codified them into a system of jurisprudence.
To: Republican Party Reptile
the courts codified them Yep. They didn't "make up" the law.
410 posted on
08/26/2006 10:03:59 PM PDT by
Mojave
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