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Word of the Month for August 2019: Stare Decisis

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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. In School District of Abington Township, Pennsylvania v. Schempp , 374 U.S. Schempp , 374 U.S.

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

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Numerous groups attack the viability standard that the court adopted in Roe v. Against stare decisis. Many amici focus on the principle of stare decisis – and urge the court not to follow it in this case. Amicus briefs supporting Mississippi. The viability framework. Wade and Planned Parenthood v.