Sentences with phrase «decisis looked»

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However, fundamental rights do not normally yield to that kind of utilitarian calculus, and taking refuge in stare decisis in this case looks like weakness, not strength.

A reversal would make all that talk of stare decisis at Roberts and Alito hearings look like a sham.»

Mitchell is not a lawyer, but in her chorus, she captures pretty well the essence of our precedent - based system of stare decisis: «We're captive on the carousel of time / We can't return, we can only look behind from where we came / and go «round and «round and «round on the circle game.»

While some have characterized the majority decision in Carter as a narrow application of stare decisis to avoid dealing with the merits, a closer look reveals an important contemporary appellate endorsement of the underlying rationale for the prohibition on assisted suicide as articulated by the Supreme Court of Canada in Rodriguez.