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We read all the amicus briefs in Dobbs so you don’t have to

SCOTUSBlog

Jackson Women’s Health Organization , the potentially momentous abortion case concerning a Mississippi law banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. Against stare decisis. Many amici focus on the principle of stare decisis – and urge the court not to follow it in this case. 1 in support of that law.

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No, Justices Did Not Commit Perjury in Their Confirmation Hearings When Asked About Roe

JonathanTurley

He first repeated the facts (by noting that he was a Justice Department attorney at the time) and then went rote: “Today if the issue were to come before me. The first question would be the question that we’ve been discussing and that’s the issue of stare decisis. It was also supported by stare decisis but it did not matter. .”