“But the fact that judges follow precedent regularly even though not invariably does not support the legalistic theory as strongly as one might expect. The original precedent in a line of precedents could not have been based on precedent.” — Richard A. Posner Copy Share Image
“A poem by Rudyard Kipling says derisively of people who despise soldiers and police that they make ‘mock o’ uniforms that guard you while… — Richard A. Posner Copy Share Image
“But the fact that judges follow precedent regularly even though not invariably does not support the legalistic theory as strongly as one might expect.… — Richard A. Posner Copy Share Image
“I do not apologize for these terms or, more generally, for discussing judicial thinking in a vocabulary alien to most judges and lawyers. Judicial… — Richard A. Posner Copy Share Image
