Constitutional Law Court Legal Stare Decisis 
JonathanTurley
MAY 14, 2022
Associate Justice Clarence Thomas made an interesting comment this weekend about the hold of precedent on the Court. Wade as “an infidelity,” Thomas dismissed the reliance on the principle of stare decisis , or the respect for precedent. I have long questioned the weight given stare decisis in constitutional cases.
Legal Research is Easy
AUGUST 5, 2019
Thing is, these days law and the decisions courts hand down are very much like that. People go to one court, don't get what they want so they go to another court asking for, basically, the same thing. Of course, this brings us to our word of the month: STARE DECISIS. Schempp , 374 U.S.
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JonathanTurley
AUGUST 7, 2022
The petition by an alumni group at Rhodes College is seeking to remove Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett from the school’s “Hall of Fame” due to her vote in the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Rob Marus started a Facebook group opposing her appointment to the Supreme Court. Rhodes College.
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 29, 2021
Jackson Women’s Health Organization , the Court’s most watched case this term on abortion rights. The oral argument is scheduled for December 1st, the same week that the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit will hear an expedited appeal over the even more stringent Texas abortion law.
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 5, 2021
Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a challenge to the Mississippi abortion law. The statement seemed directed at Sotomayor’s three new colleagues and the effort to use the new court composition to seek the reduction or overturning of Roe v. Here is the column: In Wednesday’s Supreme Court oral argument in Dobbs v.
JonathanTurley
MAY 4, 2022
No less a legal figure as Stephen Colbert declared “They knew, that if they were honest, they wouldn’t get the job. I’m no Supreme Court justice, I’m not a good enough liar.” The first question would be the question that we’ve been discussing and that’s the issue of stare decisis. Susan Collins (R.,
JonathanTurley
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
Last week, I had the honor of addressing the judges and staff of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. also spoke at the conference and I was in attendance when he made his comments defending the legitimacy of the Court. To her credit, Marcus has opposed such court packing calls ). Chief Justice John G.
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