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Article snippet: Stare decisis, the Latin term that means courts should “stand by things decided,” has jumped to the forefront of the Senate debate over MORE’s next pick to the Supreme Court. Centrist senators are calling for a nominee who would respect prior rulings as a way to protect the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion. Liberals, pressing centrist senators to block anyone they believe would overturn Roe v. Wade, say the centrists are hiding behind meaningless language. The battle was illustrated during an interview Sunday between CNN’s Jake Tapper and Sen. MORE (R-Maine), a key swing vote in the fight over Trump’s nominee. This provoked an outcry from liberals such as Brian Fallon, the executive director of Demand Justice, who noted that Roberts voted in 2016 to uphold a Texas law restricting abortion access. Justice Anthony Kennedy, whose retirement last week created a new opening for Trump, sided with the four liberal justices to strike down the law in a 5-3 ruling following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. Fallon tweeted that the discussion about precedent was “mindless.” “In the next interview, let's hear Susan Collins answer whether she will insist that a nominee pledge to ‘uphold Roe,’ ” he tweeted on Sunday. “If she cares so much about following precedent, that would be a natural thing to insist of any nominee.” In an interview with The Hill on Tuesday, Fallon said respect for the court’s precedent is the lowest bar a senator can set for a judicial nominee... Link to the full article to read more