Social Issues-What societal factors may have caused the U.S. Supreme Court to abandon the rule of stare decisis in the Lawrence v. Texas and Bowers v. Hardwick cases? 

Read the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the following cases: Bowers v. Hardwick, 478 U.S. 186 (1986) Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558 (2003) What societal factors may have caused the U.S. Supreme Court to abandon the rule of stare decisis in the Lawrence v. Read More …