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ipso facto

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A quick definition of ipso facto:

Ipso facto means that something is true or happens automatically because of a certain fact or action. For example, if a law makes it harder to do something, it doesn't necessarily mean that the law is automatically taking away a right. It's like saying that if you drop a ball, ipso facto, it will fall to the ground.

A more thorough explanation:

Ipso facto is a Latin term that means "by the fact itself" or "for this fact alone". It is often used in legal contexts to indicate that something is true simply because of the circumstances or facts surrounding it.

  • In the case of Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the Supreme Court of the United States stated that not every law that makes a right more difficult to exercise is, ipso facto, an infringement of that right.
  • In Shapiro v. United States, Justice Frankfurter argued that if records are required to be kept by law, they do not ipso facto become public records.

These examples illustrate how ipso facto is used to indicate that something is true simply because of the circumstances or facts surrounding it. In the first example, the Supreme Court is saying that just because a law makes it harder to exercise a right, that doesn't necessarily mean the law is infringing on that right. In the second example, Justice Frankfurter is arguing that just because records are required to be kept by law, that doesn't automatically make them public records.

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[] AromaticTroubledDormouse
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[] AromaticTroubledDormouse
20:56
CONGRATS MACAQUE!
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got a random stanford email and almost had a heart attack
ALSO CONGRATS!
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Miami A, yall I'm so excited I could cry.
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[] baddestbunny
22:16
every time I get accosted by a strange man who follows me around because my male coworkers were too busy talking to walk me back to my car I get closer to saying we need to bring back traditional gender roles
Dkk
22:32
Nice! @Macaque
Dkk
22:32
@Aromatic, Have to guess.
Dkk
22:33
That sucks @Bunny do you have to go to the hospital?
[] baddestbunny
22:40
I said accosted not assaulted
23:35
guys. my notre dame address just went long is this good or bad
1a2b3c4d26z
23:37
Oooooo me too
23:37
omg is this good or bad
Dkk
23:47
Idk if gender roles are gunna fix that then.
23:49
it looks like most people who applied in october last cycle didn't get a decision until january... does it even mean anything that our addresses went long??
hows ED 2 compared to ED 1?
Dkk
0:10
No idea
windyMagician
0:34
reporting live to say my ndls address also went long
does it mean anything ^
Dkk
2:21
NDLS and Fordham took a very long time last year. It's good info for people to know.
[] baddestbunny
4:29
let’s get after it boys and girls
Dkk
5:21
I gtg to bed soon.
Dkk
5:22
Big day today. Gunna be a crazy one. I will sleep through the first half.
good morning lsd it is 5 am EST
also jazzy my ndls address went long ages ago i sadly do not think it means anything
my stanford address also went long LOL i think at most it's an indicator it's under review
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