#RawStory 12:57pm ET
#SCOTUS Justice #ClarenceThomas hinted nation’s highest court may b considring tearing up legl precedents..in effect for decades, & some nearly a century old
Speaking Thur @ the #CatholicUniversityColumbusSchool of #Law in DC, Thomas argued #SupremeCourt should rethink way law→interpretd as it relates 2 #StareDecisis, legal doctrine that suggests courts should follow legal precedent, or prior decisions – when making rulings on similar legal matters
SCOTUS is ALWAYS considering tearing up legal precedents. That's absolutely nothing new. Precedents rise and fall all the time.
And it's right for that to happen as errors of the past are fixed.
In this case, Humphrey’s Executor has been chipped away at for years. These stories about it being so old miss that it's been flailing and revised over that time. It's not the solid foundation that some are portraying it as.
