The recent Dobbs decision overruling Roe v. Wade may be a double-edged sword. Much as we abhor Dobbs, one aspect of it may, surprisingly, prove useful for civil liberties. Dobbs may open the door in the future to some welcome and long overdue Supreme Court course corrections.

A takeaway from Dobbs is that a majority of the Supreme Court thinks it can, if it wants, overrule prior rulings it doesn’t like, no matter how long those precedents have been on the books. That doctrine has potential to cut both ways and work for liberals as well as conservatives.

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