It is not a new thing that prior statutes shall give place to later ones.

Explanation

(English-origin maxim.) Later statutes supersede earlier ones when they conflict — this is a longstanding principle, not a modern innovation, and applies whenever two laws cannot be harmonized.

Where this applies

• Congress passes a new environmental law that conflicts with an older pollution statute, and courts apply the newer law because later enactments supersede earlier ones.
• A state legislature updates its criminal code, and the new sentencing guidelines replace the old ones wherever the two conflict.
• A city council passes a revised zoning ordinance that contradicts a decades-old land-use rule, and the newer ordinance controls.