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...current climate, 5-4 decisions establish binding precedents??precedents that may then be reversed if one swing justice leaves the bench. For example, Alito’s ascension to the spot formerly held by Justice Sandra Day O’Connor could conceivably lead to the reversal of 5-4 precedents on affirmative action, campaign finance laws, and partial birth abortion. With eight members, the court would need a two-vote margin to establish a new precedent or overrule an existing one. By lowering the likelihood that one new justice would cause the court to reverse its precedents...
...Professor of Environmental Science Frank E. Speizer noted that there are “some precedents?? for compensating for negative impacts on public health, but that the report must first undergo a peer-review process before any public policy can be derived from its conclusions...
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