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Justices Debate Stare Decisis
An otherwise mind-numbing Supreme Court ruling Tuesday morning nonetheless contained an interesting debate among the justices about an issue that often comes up during confirmation hearings: stare decisis, or the importance of respecting precedent. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, dissenting from Justice Stephen Breyer's majority opinion, wrote: "After today's decision, one will need a crystal ball to predict when this Court will reject, and when it will cling to, its prior decisions."