Superficially, Bostock may seem like a triumph for textualism. It wasn't. Rather, Justice Gorsuch built a textualist edifice on top of non-textualist precedents from decades ago. His understanding of ...

Edward v. Vannoy is a fascinating case. It reveals raw fractures on the Court between Justice Kagan and Justice Kavanaugh, and I would add Chief Justice Roberts. However, perhaps the most tiring ...

The court cannot return to the same case and change its mind. And the legal doctrine of stare decisis — Latin for “let the decision stand”— means later members of the court are reluctant to ...

As the Supreme Court wrestles with the Mississippi abortion law, the Latin phrase “stare decisis” is likely to keep coming up. The phrase, which roughly translates as “to stand by things already ...

Now begins the era of stare indecisis. Respect for precedent — known by the Latin stare decisis, “to stand by things decided” — had been a centuries-old cornerstone of the rule of law, necessary so ...

With the retirement of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy and the drive to nominate and confirm his successor, we're going to be hearing some Latin phrases over the next few weeks and months.

Abortion rights are being wrestled with at the Supreme Court this week as the historic arguments took off Wednesday. The justices are looking at whether to uphold a Mississippi law banning abortion ...

A bedrock legal doctrine called "stare decisis," Latin for "to stand by things decided," calls upon courts to respect their ...

After a decades-long guerrilla war campaign against it, the expected blockbuster clash over Roe v. Wade, the seminal abortion rights case, is now teed up before the United States Supreme Court.

Abortion rights are being wrestled with at the Supreme Court this week as the historic arguments took off Wednesday. The justices are looking at whether to uphold a Mississippi law banning abortion ...