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Clarence Thomas: “When Someone Uses Stare Decisis that Means They’re Out of Arguments”

JonathanTurley

After denouncing the recent leak of the draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade as “an infidelity,” Thomas dismissed the reliance on the principle of stare decisis , or the respect for precedent. The comment quickly lit up the lines of law professors, including my own mailbox. And I just keep going.”.