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piombisallow | 8 months ago

Regardless of the details of this specific case, the courts are not democratic and do not decide based on the interest of the parties or how many they are, they decide based on the law.

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brookst|8 months ago

This is not true even in the slightest.

The law is not a deterministic computer program. It’s a complex body of overlapping work and the courts are specifically chartered to use judgement. That’s why briefs from two parties in a dispute will often cite different laws and precedents.

For instance, Winter v. NRDC specifically says that courts must consider whether an injunction is in the public interest.

piombisallow|8 months ago

"public interest" is a much more ambiguous thing than the written law