Tag: Precedents

U.S. Government's Legal Precedents Don't Support Lengthy Prison Term, Bankman-Fried's Defense Argues

U.S. Government's Legal Precedents Don't Support Lengthy Prison Term, Bankman-Fried's Defense Argues

Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyers have pushed back against the U.S. government's sentencing memo which makes the case for why it thinks the former FTX CEO s [...]
Trump’s Claim of ‘Absolute Immunity’ Collides With Supreme Court Precedents

Trump’s Claim of ‘Absolute Immunity’ Collides With Supreme Court Precedents

The former president says he has “absolute immunity.” But an array of Supreme Court decisions tells a different story. www.nytimes.com [...]
What SEC ICO Precedents Mean for Ripple

What SEC ICO Precedents Mean for Ripple

Back in 2012, when Ripple was founded, the term “initial coin offering” did not exist. Neither did enforcement actions against the then-miniscule cryp [...]
The Problem of ‘Personal Precedents’ of Supreme Court Justices

The Problem of ‘Personal Precedents’ of Supreme Court Justices

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices, like most people, like to appear to be consistent. No one wants to be thought to be a flip-flopper, an opportunis [...]
With Roe at Risk, Justices Explore a New Way to Question Precedents

With Roe at Risk, Justices Explore a New Way to Question Precedents

In 2008, in Justice Antonin Scalia’s majority opinion in District of Columbia v. Heller, which recognized an individual right to own guns under the [...]
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