U.S. Supreme Court
Sep. 21, 2010
Scalia Not Starry-Eyed for Stare Decisis
Justice Antonin Scalia took aim Friday at Roe v. Wade, telling students at Hastings College of the Law the 1973 decision and its progeny would cause him to take exception to his usual deference to precedent.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - Antonin Scalia, the longest-serving current justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, took aim Friday night at Roe v. Wade, telling a crowd of students at UC Hastings College of the Law that the 1973 case - and its progeny - would cause him to take exception to his usual deference to stare decisis, the Latin term for the legal principle of standing by prior decisions.
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