(WASHINGTON) — In thousands of rulings over its storied history, the U.S. Supreme Court has broken with stare decisis, the doctrine of respecting prior decisions, just 145 times in cases requiring ...

The article discusses Flanders v. Goodfellow, where the court overruled its previous ruling that barred negligence claims against domestic animal owners. Emphasizing the flexibility of stare decisis, ...

Even with a six-justice conservative majority, the Roberts Court has not (yet) increased the rate at which it overturns ...

Although the court’s opinion in Shaw focused on the “bizarre” shape of the district at issue there, in subsequent cases the ...

After two Supreme Court confirmation hearings in quick succession, Americans now know more about the legal principle of stare decisis than perhaps they ever wanted to. Yet according to three of its ...

As the Supreme Court is about to revisit some major decisions, Justice Thomas said there's nothing sacred about precedent.

“Of course, the Framers did not expect the President to do everything personally,” wrote Nelson, whose views have been cited ...

Justice Clarence Thomas says the Supreme Court should take a more critical approach to settled precedent. It is not "the ...

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is cautioning against following precedent set by past decisions, ABC News has reported. He reportedly said during an event held by The Catholic University of ...

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito says he doesn't like the 2015 decision legalizing gay marriage. Still, he says, it's ...

The disqualification of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis by a Georgia appeals court follows a seeming trend among ...