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Is the example below a fallacy?

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Original Question
Law student 1: Let us give our opinion to this particular case (Roe v. Wade)
Law student 2: we cannot do that because it has already been decided.

Answers

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Perhaps a Non Sequitur . It does not logically follow that because it has been legally decided that we cannot have an opinion on it.

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