Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “'Stare decisis' is usually the wise policy.... [b]ut where correction through legislative action is practically impossible, this Court has often overruled its earlier decisions...” ~ Justice Louis D. Brandeis (1856-1941) US Supreme Court JusticeSource: Burnet v. Coronado Oil & Gas Co., 285 U.S. 393, 406-407 (1932) (Brandeis, J., dissenting).