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

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Wade as “an infidelity,” Thomas dismissed the reliance on the principle of stare decisis , or the respect for precedent. Thomas told an audience that “I always say that when someone uses stare decisis that means they’re out of arguments. That was one of the central arguments in favor of preserving Roe.

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Word of the Month for August 2019: Stare Decisis

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Arnold , the parents of Caleigh Wood sued Charles County Public Schools in Maryland, the county board of education, and Evelyn Arnold and Shannon Morris, principal and vice principal of La Plata High School for violating a student’s (i.e. Of course, this brings us to our word of the month: STARE DECISIS.

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Guest Commentary: Dobbs v. Jackson and Juliana v. United States: “Innumerable Human Lives”

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For us, Supreme Court precedent, yes stare decisis, is loud and clear : Women, and the privacy and integrity of our bodies and our equal status under law, are written in the silent ink of the Constitution through the fifth and fourteenth amendments. The boat is sinking. What will our Justices do? United States.