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darkknight109 posted...

To me, the single most dangerous element of this decision, assuming it stands, is it deals the concept of stare decicis - the idea that a case, once decided, is settled law - a potentially fatal blow.

The idea that the decision of interpretation of a supreme court at a completely arbitrary point in time is settled law isn't a great precedent to have as a whole. If a decision represents the people, a law matching the decision should be put through the same rigour as every other law to cement it as legitimate.

The opinions of the supreme court are not concrete, and neither are the people occupying the positions, the beliefs of the past shouldn't have greater weight than the beliefs of today.

Generally stare decisis is only meaningful to lower courts anyway, so the supreme court is always free to change their mind in principle. This has zero relevance to the principle you're scared of.