The kind of humility that Roberts favors reflects a view that the Court should almost always defer to the existing power relationships in society.

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As an appeals-court judge, she was always obliged to defer to precedents set by the Supreme Court.

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Mr Bush has always said he would defer to his military commanders, but this time he did not take their advice.

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Admittedly, we are not fixed income experts, so we always find it helpful to defer to those that are.

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One can be sure tax lawyers will discover new techniques to defer taxable income, which is a reflection of what always happens under a progressive income tax despite efforts of the tax police to curtail it.

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