The reason this statement from the opening of Stevens’ dissent in the Heller decision struck me as interesting was for having echoed his earlier complaint in Citizen’s United (and Ginsburg’s in Shelby?) that the court was in breech of arbitrarily overturning a previous opinion of the court (of stare decisis )…. Stevens says this with some justice, I feel, and wonder if a loose respect for precedent will become a regular feature of the Roberts Court.