Here is Linda Greenhouse’s review of the recently concluded Supreme Court term. Isn’t it ironic that progressives such as Greenhouse worry about the overruling of previously decided cases? This isn’t because progressives value stability in the law; nor is it because they think legal change should be incremental rather than precipitous. It’s because they like the precedents, such as Roe v. Wade (1973), that are in danger of being overruled. The current Court has shown, this term, that it is willing to correct the mistakes made by previous lawless Courts. Remember: An old mistake is still a mistake. I didn’t hear progressives arguing in 2003 that, because Bowers v. Hardwick (1986) was 17 years old, it should not be overruled. Nor did I hear them complaining when the Court, in Lawrence v. Texas (2003), overruled it.