[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

I think the point is that this particular precedent would be far-reaching if overturned. The case being narrow, it wasn't appropriate to not consider the wider effects. No?

[Dog Gone]

I suppose that's one way of justifying it. If you want to reverse a landmark legal case, you need an important one to do it with. I'm not sure this one wasn't important, but I'll grant you that point.

I just don't think conservative justices need to worship at the altar of stare decisis when that altar was created, or at least the decisions, by liberals.

At some point, you reverse bad law.