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One of America’s top abortion rights lawyers was just confirmed as a federal judge (www.vox.com)

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[-] SoupOfTheDay@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Federal rulings set a legal precedent and can then be used in future rulings. So all of her court decisions can/will be used in the future to convince judges to make similar rulings.

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