Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor says the Supreme Court should generally follow its prior rulings so the public has confidence that laws do not change just because justices come and go. In a broadcast interview, O'Connor responded to a question about the public's perception that the Court based its decisions more on politics than principle, calling that belief "a concern." The law "shouldn't change just because the faces on the Court have changed," she said.
May 23, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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Retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor says the Supreme Court should generally follow its prior rulings so the public has confidence that laws do not change just because justices come and go.
O’Connor, a swing vote in favor of abortion rights and affirmative action, said she was seeing an unprecedented level of public criticism in recent months of state and federal court decisions.
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