The larger debate will surely surface more in upcoming years as justices on this increasingly conservative court question past liberal precedents. Justice Ruth Bader GinsburgThe senior justice on the left routinely highlights the value of precedent and tends to emphasize that lower court judges rely on Supreme Court cases. "There may have been a dozen or so cases, Auer cases in this Court, but there are probably hundreds in the lower courts. The 86-year-old Ginsburg has often asserted that the conservative majority is undermining rules of past cases. Justice Elena KaganShe has tried to underscore the importance of preserving past cases and counter the current majority's interest in reversing certain precedents.

Source: CNN June 21, 2019 05:15 UTC