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, ...

(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 ...

With debates over the application of stare decisis taking center stage in recent Supreme Cout arguments regarding the viability of Chevron deference—an issue which we will likely revisit in June—it ...

The First District Court of Appeal recently struck down a Florida law that prohibited people from openly carrying firearms in public. The court ...

The Supreme Court on Monday declined an opportunity to overturn its landmark precedent recognizing a constitutional right to ...

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 ...

Even with a six-justice conservative majority, the Roberts Court has not (yet) increased the rate at which it overturns precedents. Given the rash of recent decisions overturning prominent precedents, ...

In early December, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in cases asking the justices to overrule two longstanding precedents – Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, a 1935 decision upholding a ...

This evening, Judge Andrew S. Oldham of the Fifth Circuit gave the Joseph Story Distinguished Lecture at the Heritage Foundation. I was pleased to be in attendance. The topic was provocative and will ...

The Supreme Court reviews a case that could impact the landmark 2015 Obergefell ruling and same-sex marriage rights ...

The Supreme Court is expected to decide Friday whether to take up an appeal by a former Kentucky county clerk seeking to ...