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Breaking the Taboo - A Documentary On the Disastrous War On Drugs

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Dark_Falcon12/10/2012 8:43:54 am PST

re: #226 calochortus

Interesting. Will Scalia feel bound by the court’s earlier decision or will he stick to his dissenting opinion? (Let me guess.)

You might be surprised, given that Scalia is also a believer in the principal of “stare dacis” (‘let it stand’ in Latin), meaning that the courts shouldn’t overturn past decisions that have become settled law unless the previous decision was seriously in error (and yes, he’s made clear that Plessy vs. Ferguson was such a gravely erroneous decision).