Trump v. Slaughter · ¶228

Begin with a consideration the majority all but ignores: the tremendous reliance interests engendered by Humph rey’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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