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![Power, not reason, is the new currency of this Court’s decision making. ... In dispatching [these two recent cases] to their graves, today’s majority ominously suggests that an even more extensive upheaval of this Court’s precedents may be in store. . . . [T]he majority declares itself free to discard any principle of constitutional liberty which was recognized or reaffirmed over the dissenting votes of four Justices and with which five or more Justices now disagree. . . . [T]he continued vitality of literally scores of decisions must be understood to depend on nothing more than the proclivities of the individuals who now comprise a majority of this Court. [T]his impoverished conception of stare decisis cannot possibly be reconciled with the values that inform the proper judicial function.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ahcborosqrfchi3iiyhoixch/bafkreicwd6wtoftmexynkgkqdlbyi64izceicb3swqa75hf7voks764fgy)
