[itsahoot]

If not, they are unlikely to overturn the precedent the court already created.

You mean like campaign laws, say in Alaska, where precedent has beed tossed out the window.

[untrained skeptic]

You mean like campaign laws, say in Alaska, where precedent has beed tossed out the window.

It does happen, but it's relatively rare. Judges aren't supposed to just toss out precedent without very solid reasons, but since we are dealing with human beings they don't always do what they are supposed to do.