This Weeks Editorial Cartoon: Vice Precedent
Vice Precedent
theonion.com
March 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This Weeks Editorial Cartoon: Vice Precedent
House Ethics Committee Republicans have landed on an excuse of not releasing the Gaetz report because it’s “unfinished,” and that would set bad precedent. Yes, THAT’S the precedent we must avoid— but nominating someone accused of child sex trafficking? That precedent is apparently fine with the GOP.
November 21, 2024 at 12:06 AM
House Ethics Committee Republicans have landed on an excuse of not releasing the Gaetz report because it’s “unfinished,” and that would set bad precedent. Yes, THAT’S the precedent we must avoid— but nominating someone accused of child sex trafficking? That precedent is apparently fine with the GOP.
Having déjà vu to “Roe v. Wade is settled precedent” coming from the mouths of Supreme Court nominees
BALDWIN: Do you believe mifepristone is safe and effective?
OVERTON: It has been approved by the FDA
BALDWIN: So you can't answer the question
OVERTON: It has been approved by the FDA
BALDWIN: So you can't answer the question
September 24, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Having déjà vu to “Roe v. Wade is settled precedent” coming from the mouths of Supreme Court nominees
Ok, this is an elected representative. How can he be this stupid? It's been precedent for 150 years! 🤣🤣🤣😎
July 1, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Ok, this is an elected representative. How can he be this stupid? It's been precedent for 150 years! 🤣🤣🤣😎
The precedent has been set.
November 17, 2024 at 1:50 AM
The precedent has been set.
The petition had garnered widespread fears that the court could overturn its precedent on same-sex marriage.
Supreme Court Won’t Consider Overturning Same-Sex Marriage
The petition had garnered widespread fears that the court could overturn its precedent on same-sex marriage.
www.forbes.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The petition had garnered widespread fears that the court could overturn its precedent on same-sex marriage.
Two things can be true:
1) The President has legal authority over the D.C. police and the D.C. National Guard that he doesn't have *anywhere else* in the country; &
2) Even if this doesn't set a legal precedent, it sets an ominous *political* precedent for pretextually overriding local government.
1) The President has legal authority over the D.C. police and the D.C. National Guard that he doesn't have *anywhere else* in the country; &
2) Even if this doesn't set a legal precedent, it sets an ominous *political* precedent for pretextually overriding local government.
August 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Two things can be true:
1) The President has legal authority over the D.C. police and the D.C. National Guard that he doesn't have *anywhere else* in the country; &
2) Even if this doesn't set a legal precedent, it sets an ominous *political* precedent for pretextually overriding local government.
1) The President has legal authority over the D.C. police and the D.C. National Guard that he doesn't have *anywhere else* in the country; &
2) Even if this doesn't set a legal precedent, it sets an ominous *political* precedent for pretextually overriding local government.
Please admire this slop-guide to the U.S. government that my kid received in his ninth grade government class.
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“Watergsstate Impreachment
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September 15, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Please admire this slop-guide to the U.S. government that my kid received in his ninth grade government class.
“Watergsstate Impreachment
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“Watergsstate Impreachment
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[honking goose meme] what kind of precedent
WHAT KIND OF PRECEDENT
WHAT KIND OF PRECEDENT
November 15, 2024 at 5:28 PM
[honking goose meme] what kind of precedent
WHAT KIND OF PRECEDENT
WHAT KIND OF PRECEDENT
There is nothing more insane than Mike Johnson - from the state of LOUISIANA - setting the precedent of conditioning disaster relief on political concessions.
Louisiana.
Louisiana.
January 14, 2025 at 2:55 AM
There is nothing more insane than Mike Johnson - from the state of LOUISIANA - setting the precedent of conditioning disaster relief on political concessions.
Louisiana.
Louisiana.
The Vought Precedent
The next Democratic president can just impound the billions of extra ICE funding on day one, right? Withhold it without any explanation? Since that’s a thing presidents can do now?
July 3, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The Vought Precedent
This precedent could also be applied to government officials who blow people up in boats without a declared war, due process, evidence, or trial.
May 20, 2026 at 5:54 PM
This precedent could also be applied to government officials who blow people up in boats without a declared war, due process, evidence, or trial.
ABC set a very bad precedent.
December 16, 2024 at 6:26 PM
ABC set a very bad precedent.
Iran was treated abysmally in this World Cup. I wonder how the U.S. will feel when a future host does this to one of our teams.
Because that will happen. That’s the precedent that was set.
Because that will happen. That’s the precedent that was set.
Shameful treatment of Iran at World Cup sets terrible precedent | Opinion
By allowing shameful treatment of Iran national soccer team, FIFA set awful precedent. Now future hosts could do the same to any team, USMNT included.
www.usatoday.com
June 28, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Iran was treated abysmally in this World Cup. I wonder how the U.S. will feel when a future host does this to one of our teams.
Because that will happen. That’s the precedent that was set.
Because that will happen. That’s the precedent that was set.
Describe a single historical precedent for defeating authoritarians by being nicer to them.
Klein explicitly says his project is to dishonestly portray the true nature of the right for his readers in hopes that helps foster some common ground to heal our nation. This didn’t work for Obama and it’s not gonna work for him.
September 16, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Describe a single historical precedent for defeating authoritarians by being nicer to them.
MARKWAYNE MULLIN: Dueling with two consenting adults is still there
RAND PAUL: It's been illegal for 170 years! There's no precedent for legal dueling
RAND PAUL: It's been illegal for 170 years! There's no precedent for legal dueling
March 18, 2026 at 2:10 PM
MARKWAYNE MULLIN: Dueling with two consenting adults is still there
RAND PAUL: It's been illegal for 170 years! There's no precedent for legal dueling
RAND PAUL: It's been illegal for 170 years! There's no precedent for legal dueling
BREAKING: ballot seizures ruled illegal by CA Supreme Court!
A key precedent as we prepare to defend the 2026 election
Proud that our @democracydefendersfund.org brief helped secure this win
A key precedent as we prepare to defend the 2026 election
Proud that our @democracydefendersfund.org brief helped secure this win
September 24, 2026 at 6:02 PM
BREAKING: ballot seizures ruled illegal by CA Supreme Court!
A key precedent as we prepare to defend the 2026 election
Proud that our @democracydefendersfund.org brief helped secure this win
A key precedent as we prepare to defend the 2026 election
Proud that our @democracydefendersfund.org brief helped secure this win
Donald Trump didn't like President Clinton being deposed, fearing the precedent it set for his future.
So today he assassinated the leader of a country. Is Donald simply too stupid to have considered *that* precedent?
So today he assassinated the leader of a country. Is Donald simply too stupid to have considered *that* precedent?
March 1, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Donald Trump didn't like President Clinton being deposed, fearing the precedent it set for his future.
So today he assassinated the leader of a country. Is Donald simply too stupid to have considered *that* precedent?
So today he assassinated the leader of a country. Is Donald simply too stupid to have considered *that* precedent?
Oh no. He will be hauled in front of multiple congressional committees multiple times. Don’t forget to thank James Comer for establishing the precedent.
February 5, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Oh no. He will be hauled in front of multiple congressional committees multiple times. Don’t forget to thank James Comer for establishing the precedent.
‘No historical precedent’
Historians:
Historians:
March 9, 2026 at 3:52 PM
‘No historical precedent’
Historians:
Historians:
Historical precedent of note...
November 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Historical precedent of note...
"Yes, Supreme Court precedent ..., but ..." is peak 5th Circuit.
En banc Fifth Circuit overrules decades of precedent and holds that there is no First Amendment right to receive information in a public library.
May 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
"Yes, Supreme Court precedent ..., but ..." is peak 5th Circuit.
Roberts is a human wrecking ball against Justice, smashing precedent after precedent that have guided us for many decades. Inexcusable.
September 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Roberts is a human wrecking ball against Justice, smashing precedent after precedent that have guided us for many decades. Inexcusable.
feel like there's a precedent for this in mississippi
A sheriff in Mississippi, the highest paid and most powerful public figure in his county, staffed his mother’s commercial chicken farm with inmates from the local jail and used taxpayer-purchased equipment to improve it, an investigation by The New York Times and Mississippi Today found.
Mississippi Sheriff Used Inmate Labor for Family Farm
In Mississippi, incarcerated trusties cleaned chicken houses, fixed cars and installed flooring for the benefit of a local sheriff and his associates, a new investigation found.
www.nytimes.com
April 1, 2025 at 12:56 AM
feel like there's a precedent for this in mississippi
Crazy thing is the Germans didn’t have a historical precedent to warn them
September 18, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Crazy thing is the Germans didn’t have a historical precedent to warn them