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.. [t]he heaped-up precedents of the substantive [my italics] law swarm with trivia, with differences without substantive distinction, with repetitions that centuries ago attained the rank of platitude.
Numerous Supreme Court precedents recognize a broad and encompassing power in Congress to engage in oversight and investigation.
While there are few precedents anywhere in the world for eternal flames to honor individuals, there are even fewer precedents for turning them off once ignited.
... [A]s Judges shelter their knavery by precedents, so do scholars their ignorance by authority: and when they cannot reason, it is safer and less disgraceful to repeat that nonsense at second hand, which they would be ashamed to give originally as their own.
There are precedents for surrendering authority for joint planning while preserving an agency's operational control.