joe•iuculano 
«3 yrs ago, #SupremeCourt issued unambiguous instruction to lower courts: never assume precedent has been silently overruled. If a #SC ruling "has direct application in a case," the high court said flatly, the lower court must follow it, leaving it 2 SC alone 2 overrule its own decisions
The #AppealsCourt proceeded to do exactly what it was told not to do & declared a 1980 Supreme Court ruling, #StoneVGraham, effectively dead w/o waiting for the high court to weigh in»
Rogue Ten Commandments ruling may force Supreme Court to wallop conservative allies
Slate legal analysts flagged what they say is one of the most brazen acts of judicial defiance in recent memory: a federal appeals court that broke a Supreme Court rule specifically about breaking Supreme Court rules.In a 9-8 vote on Tuesday, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Texas's law ...
Caroline Mala Corbin