That's what I mean is when "opinions" are binding: they're effectively not opinions, but laws. So a legislature makes a law, then the court system remixes it according to which pocketbook the judge is in, creating new "laws" that bear some resemblance to the law actually passed. This can be good (Roe v. Wade) or very, very bad.
Unless I completely misunderstand what "precedent is binding" means?
Cy
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