I’m not sure, but i think a little old district court decision doesn’t bind the whole u.s of a., at least that’s the way things generally work, the districts are divided up and what some wacko judge (not that this judge was a wacko, or indeed that any federal judges are necessarily wackos) in some far-flung distrcit doesn’t necessarily bind us way over here (where our judges aren’t necessarily any better, just different)..
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District court rulings don’t even bind other judges in the district. It only matters to the case at hand.
Judges help set precedent, and judges will give weight to other judges rulings.
But Until an appellate court rules it’s not binding in the district, it’s why california was always more friendly to drug cases and defendants then texas, and the supremes bind the districuts.
