Kavanaugh, Breyer clash on stare decisis in Mississippi abortion case
December 1, 2021 | District of Columbia
Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Stephen Breyer clashed over the role the Supreme Court has in overturning its own precedents Wednesday during arguments in a major Mississippi abortion case.
The case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, has the potential to overturn Roe v. Wade.
“History tells a somewhat different story, I think, than is sometimes assumed,” Kavanaugh said about stare decisis — the principle that the court should stick to its past rulings.
“If you think about some of the most important cases in this court’s history… there’s a string of them where the cases overruled precedent,” he said….. (Excerpts from Fox News)
