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As the Supreme Court wrestles with the Mississippi abortion law, the Latin phrase “stare decisis” is likely to keep coming up. The phrase, which roughly translates as “to stand by things already ...

The rank distortions of Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s entirely conventional view on stare decisis (adherence to precedent) are already getting tiresome, but let’s give it another go. In New York magazine, ...

The justices are looking at whether to uphold a Mississippi law banning abortion after 15 weeks, and overrule the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. Mississippi also asks the Supreme Court to overrule the ...

Washington — A draft opinion leaked and published late Monday suggests the Supreme Court may strike down its nearly five-decade-old ruling establishing the constitutional right to an abortion, a move ...

At the New York Times, I have a new piece about Professor Amy Coney Barrett's writings on precedent and stare decisis. This was a significant component of her research agenda as a scholar, and it has ...

During oral arguments in Dobbs, Chief Justice Roberts asked a question about the relationship between stare decisis and originalism that I hadn't considered. CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS: On stare decisis, I ...

Matthew J. Crigger is an attorney in Brentwood, Tennessee. Some who oppose the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the United States Supreme Court fear a roll-back of Supreme Court precedent relating ...

The court cannot return to the same case and change its mind. And the legal doctrine of stare decisis — Latin for “let the decision stand”— means later members of the court are reluctant to ...

Abortion rights are being wrestled with at the Supreme Court this week as the historic arguments took off Wednesday. The justices are looking at whether to uphold a Mississippi law banning abortion ...