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CLEP US Government

Category - Courts

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Stare decisis is the:
  1. Judicial principle of tending to honor precedents in similar cases.
  2. Supreme Court’s general policy of refusing to reconsider issues previously decided.
  3. Process of building consensus among appellate court judges.
  4. Rejection of a case on appeal.
  5. Latin term meaning “supreme decider”
Explanation
Answer: A - Stare decisis means, roughly, “let the decision stand.” The idea, which comes from common law, is that judges ought to follow precedent, or the decisions that come before. In theory, all federal courts are bound by stare decisis except the Supreme Court.
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