Trump v. Slaughter · ¶225

Begin with a consideration the majority all but ignores: the tremendous reliance interests engendered by Hum- phrey's.“Stare decisis has added force when the legislature, in the public sphere, and citizens, in the private realm, have acted in reliance upon a previous decision.” Hilton v. South Carolina Public Railways Comm'n, 502 U. S. 197, 202 (1991). When overruling a prior decision would “require an extensive legislative response” or “dislodge settled rights and expectations,” ibid., the force of stare decisis is “at [its] acme,” Payne, 501 U. S., at 828.

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