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Cite as:  590 U. S. ____ (2020) 

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KAVANAUGH, J., concurring in part 

United  States,  576  U. S.  591  (2015);  Alleyne  v.  United 
States, 570 U. S. 99 (2013); see also Baude, Precedent and 
Discretion, 2020 S. Ct. Rev. 1, 4 (forthcoming) (“Nobody on
the Court believes in absolute stare decisis”).
  Historically, moreover, some of the Court’s most notable 
and consequential decisions have entailed overruling prec-
edent.  See, e.g., Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U. S. 644 (2015); 
Citizens United v. Federal Election Comm’n, 558 U. S. 310 
(2010); Montejo v. Louisiana, 556  U. S. 778 (2009); Craw-
ford v. Washington, 541 U. S. 36 (2004); Lawrence v. Texas, 
539 U. S. 558 (2003); Ring v. Arizona, 536 U. S. 584 (2002); 
Agostini v. Felton, 521 U. S. 203 (1997); Seminole Tribe of 
Fla. v. Florida, 517 U. S. 44 (1996); Planned Parenthood of 
Southeastern Pa. v. Casey, 505 U. S. 833 (1992);1  Payne v. 
Tennessee,  501  U. S.  808  (1991);  Batson  v.  Kentucky,  476 
U. S. 79 (1986); Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit 
Authority, 469 U. S. 528 (1985); Illinois v. Gates, 462 U. S. 
213 (1983); United States v. Scott, 437 U. S. 82 (1978); Craig 
v.  Boren,  429  U. S.  190  (1976);  Taylor  v.  Louisiana,  419 
U. S. 522 (1975); Brandenburg v. Ohio, 395 U. S. 444 (1969) 
(per  curiam);  Katz  v.  United  States,  389  U. S.  347  (1967); 
Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U. S. 436 (1966); Malloy v. Hogan, 
378 U. S. 1 (1964); Wesberry v. Sanders, 376 U. S. 1 (1964); 
Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U. S. 335 (1963); Baker v. Carr, 
369 U. S. 186 (1962); Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U. S. 643 (1961); 
Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U. S. 483 (1954); Smith 
v. Allwright, 321 U. S. 649 (1944); West Virginia Bd. of Ed. 
v.  Barnette,  319  U. S.  624  (1943);  United  States  v.  Darby, 
312 U. S. 100 (1941); Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U. S. 64 

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1 In Casey, the Court reaffirmed what it described as the “central hold-
ing” of Roe v. Wade, 410 U. S. 113 (1973), the Court expressly rejected 
Roe’s trimester framework, and the Court expressly overruled two other 
important abortion precedents, Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive 
Health, Inc., 462 U. S. 416 (1983), and Thornburgh v. American College 
of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 476 U. S. 747 (1986).  See Casey, 505 
U. S., at 861; id., at 870, 873 (plurality opinion).