we have plessey versus brown, bowers versus hardwick to lawrence, but, in thinking about stare decisis, which is the core of this case, how should we be thinking about it. justice breyer pointed out in casey and in some respects, well, it was a different conception of stare decisis that it very explicitly took into account public reaction. is that a factor that you accept or are you arguing that we should minimize that factor? and is there a different set of rules? it is true that casey identified brown and west coast hotel as watershed decisions. but is there a distinct set of stare decisis considerations applicable to what the court might decide as a watershed decision. i don t think there should be a distinct set of considerations there, your honor. i think what i am emphasize, and just to make sure, on the kind