That’s not quite accurate. They worship stare decisis (as what alternative do they have?) for liberal decisions. Many of those decisions overturned conservative or Constitutional precedent but that’s fine. Only lib precedents have to be inviolable in perpetuity.
Another way to state that is to say that they believe in stare decisis when they’re in the minority. Like how when they’re in the minority on the legislature, they suddenly discover concern for minorities. When they won, it’s “Elections have consequences. We won. Get over it.”
There is an inherent logical contradiction between the principle of stare decisis and the liberal view of a “Living Constitution”. Of course, that doesn’t stop the left....
There is an inherent logical contradiction between the principle of stare decisis and the liberal view of a “Living Constitution”. Of course, that doesn’t stop the left....
I have long believed that words have real meanings that do not change with use. The way some people seem to look at things is that if the word “cool” appeared in the constitution it would no longer mean a relatively low temperature but would, in current understanding, mean something trendy and desirable and therefore the meaning of the law would change accordingly. Maybe I’m just a grumpy old man and I’m not “cool”.