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Why do justices use precedents in majority opinions and dissents

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User Chet
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Because as the times change the way people view certain actions tend to change. This means that justices will often times use previous events that happened under similar circumstances as their standard. Hope it helps :)

User Johari
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To show that other cases with similar circumstances came to a similar decision

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