Constitutional Law Legal Stare Decisis Statute 
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 29, 2021
Despite annual columns questioning such apocalyptic predictions, which often seemed more political than legal, the granting of Dobbs led me to write my first “this could be it” column. Indeed, the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a critic of Roe , seeing it as too sweeping in supplanting state laws.
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 5, 2021
Justices Sotomayor and Stephen Breyer insisted that overturning Roe in whole or in part would bring ruin upon the court by abandoning the principle of stare decisis , or the respect for precedent. There ain’t nothin’ more powerful than the odor of mendacity.”. They are not the only figures showing such selective outrage.
SCOTUSBlog
NOVEMBER 30, 2021
Trinity Legal Center and Catholic Medical Association, National Association of Catholic Nurses-USA, Idaho Chooses Life and Texas Alliance for Life make similar arguments. Against stare decisis. Many amici focus on the principle of stare decisis – and urge the court not to follow it in this case.
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