SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 16, 2024

Justice John Paul Stevens set out a two-part test for courts to review an agency’s interpretation of a statute it administers. If it has not, the court must uphold the agency’s interpretation of the statute as long as it is reasonable. In the Supreme Court, the fisheries are represented by former U.S.

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Stare Decisis Court Statute Government 145

SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Against stare decisis. Many amici focus on the principle of stare decisis – and urge the court not to follow it in this case. Americans United for Life argues that “ Roe and Casey contradict the stare decisis values of consistency, dependability, and predictability and are entitled to minimal stare decisis respect.”

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Stare Decisis Court Laws Legal 136

SCOTUSBlog

JULY 7, 2022

Would they strike down Roe and Casey , as lawyers for Mississippi urged them to do, or would they stop short of formally overruling those cases but still uphold the state’s ban? Instead, the court simply interpreted the two statutes at issue by looking primarily at the statutes’ text and structure.

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Laws Stare Decisis Court Statute 102