now to senator cornyn for his line of questioning. >> we'll start with stare decisis and i've never figured out why lawyers speak in lat-in rather than in english when describing these concepts by which judges apply precedent. would you agree with me that even under an appropriate stare decisis analysis, that dred scott and pleasey versus ferguson were appropriately overruled by the supreme court? >> i have not engaged in the actual analysis but i think it is well established now that the cases that overruled dred scott and plessey were correctly decided. >> yeah, there is a means by which the courts can correct