How to Overturn a Supreme Court Justice’s Decision
There are ways to overturn Supreme Court precedent. The Griswold, Lawrence, Obergefell, and Griswold precedents should be revisited. If the court were able to rewrite the Roe v Wade case, it would signal a crisis of legitimacy. And Congress could regulate what types of cases the court takes. But the Supreme Court rarely engages in such showdowns.
Griswold, Lawrence, Obergefell precedents should be reconsidered
Justice Clarence Thomas has written a concurring opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision establishing the right to an abortion. In the opinion, he argued that other precedents, such as Griswold v. Connecticut, that had allowed married couples to use contraception should be reconsidered as well. Other important precedents to revisit include Lawrence v. Texas, whi...