NEW: What are the stakes? Trump's Supreme Court nominee will face intense questioning next week over his views on when to overturn long-standing precedent. It's all about abortion:https://reut.rs/2LKnCVf
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Kavanaugh has told at least one senator that Roe v. Wade is "settled law" but just two months ago the Supreme Court junked a major 1977 labor precedent. Is what the court did in that case a blueprint for what will happen on abortion? http://reut.rs/2LKnCVf
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What the hell is stare decisis anyway and why does it matter? Reuters has this Q&A: Factbox: Kavanaugh's view on precedent central to U.S. abortion debatehttps://reut.rs/2LIreHp
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Kavanaugh said in 2016: “It’s appropriate that the court overrule precedent in some circumstances.” But he expressed frustration about the lack of a neutral formula for determining when a case should be nixed. Video clip via
@cspan : https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4746095/kavanaugh-stare-decisis …Show this thread
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