the supreme court will talk about settled law. here s a montage of the three most recent supreme court justices being asked about roe v. wade during their hearings. i would tell you that roe versus wade decided in 1973 is a precedent of the united states supreme court. it has been reaffirmed. it s settled as a precedent of the supreme court entitled the respect under principles of stare decisis. it doesn t mean that roe would be overruled. it doesn t small on the handful of cases like brown versus the board that nobody questions anymore. martha: a lot of the people that watched the hearings believe that those individuals were saying that they believed that it would never be overturned or should never be overturned based on any question that might come before the