There have been partial precedents in american history but nothing quite like this .
在美国的历史上还没有出现过类似的完整先例。
It ignored those precedents to uphold georgia 's sodomy law in 1986 .
但是,在1986年支撑佐治亚州鸡奸法的那些判例被忽视了。
As an appeals-court judge , she was always obliged to defer to precedents set by the supreme court .
作为一位上诉法院法官,她过去总是不得不遵循最高法院以前的判例。
Indeed , george w. bush 's justice department drew on these precedents to argue that the press could be prosecuted for publishing classified leaks .
没错,乔治w.布什的司法部门利用这些判例,主张媒体报刊能够因发表机泄露的机密文件而被起诉。
Therefore by trying to prosecute mr assange we only do damage to ourselves , both in terms of our own constitutional precedents , but also to the principle of openness on the internet that america must try to establish .