Above The Law
JUNE 28, 2022
The elimination of constitutional stare decisis would represent an explicit endorsement of the idea that the Constitution is nothing more than what five justices say it is.” - Former Associate Justice Lewis Powell. The post Where Were You When Stare Decisis Died? appeared first on Above the Law.
Above The Law
OCTOBER 24, 2022
She wants to be an optimist, but this Court might not let her. The post Justice Elena Kagan Tells It Like It Is When It Comes To Stare Decisis And The Politicization Of The Supreme Court appeared first on Above the Law.
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Patently O
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
University of Illinois Foundation (1971), the Supreme Court held that a judgment of invalidity in a suit against one infringer accrues to the benefit of any other accused infringer unless the patent owner shows that he did not have a fair opportunity procedurally, substantively and evidentially to pursue his patent claim the first time.
SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 23, 2021
Hochman fielded several questions about why the court should abandon a doctrine that the court has recognized for nearly a century. Morgan Ratner argued for the federal government, which filed its own friend-of-the-court brief but supported neither party. The post Doctrinal “dinosaur” or stare decisis?
Patently O
JULY 6, 2022
USPTO (Supreme Court 2022) focuses the question of whether COURTS have power to create non-statutory patentability doctrines. That patent finally issued in 2018–only after SawSafe filed a civil action and received a court-judgment in its favor. by Dennis Crouch. The new petition in SawStop v. 2016 Decision ]. 593 (2010).
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.
SCOTUSBlog
JANUARY 16, 2024
Share The Supreme Court will hear oral argument on Wednesday in a case involving the deference that courts should give to federal agencies’ interpretations of the laws that they administer. Justice John Paul Stevens set out a two-part test for courts to review an agency’s interpretation of a statute it administers.
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