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Hugin

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12. Government by injunction is a hell of a way to run a railroad.

Reply to justaprogressive (Original post)

Wed Feb 12, 2025, 12:23 PM

Feb 2025

I was just reading the depressing statistics about how few litigants have directly benefited from the case law precedent that their cases led to being entered in the books.

Oddly enough, some of the exceptions to the rule have been George W. Bush, once and Donald J. Trump, twice.

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Government by injunction is a hell of a way to run a railroad. Hugin Feb 2025 #12

THIS malaise Feb 2025 #17