SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 23, 2021
Wolf principally argued that stare decisis justifies maintaining the doctrine. Chief Justice John Roberts suggested that “it’s not the strongest stare decisis argument” in light of Supreme Court decisions characterizing the doctrine as a failure. The post Doctrinal “dinosaur” or stare decisis?
The Crime Report
MAY 18, 2021
“The court is fooling no one,”” Justice Sonia Sotomayor said in her dissent. She argued the Court has offered no “special justification,” as required, for breaking from the precedent set in Mille r and has therefore circumvented stare decisis , the legal principle that states the court must follow previous precedents.
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SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 22, 2021
Share The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to impose new restrictions on the ability of states to sentence juveniles to life without parole, rejecting a challenge from a Mississippi man, Brett Jones, who was convicted of the 2004 stabbing death of his grandfather, a crime committed when Jones was 15.
Constitutional Law Reporter
JULY 30, 2024
Finally, the Court emphasized that while it was overruling Chevron , it was not calling into question prior cases that relied on the Chevron framework. Justice Elena Kagan authored a strongly worded dissent, which was joined by Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson.
The Crime Report
DECEMBER 5, 2023
Andrus’ case cries out for intervention, and it is particularly vital that this Court act when necessary to protect against defiance of its precedents. The Court, however, denies certiorari. I would summarily reverse, and I respectfully dissent from the Court’s failure to do so.” agree with the dissenting judges below.
Patently O
DECEMBER 11, 2022
This means that issues decided at the district or administrative court level can be binding on all other courts: district courts, administrative courts, appellate courts, and even the Supreme Court. District court decisions are not binding precedent because they are at the bottom. ” Id.
SCOTUSBlog
MAY 20, 2022
Texas , which were amply supported by the habeas and trial records, and whether the Texas court disregarded the Supreme Court’s express guidance for conducting a prejudice analysis pursuant to Strickland v.
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