Quote from Justice Louis D. Brandeis 

" 'Stare decisis' is usually the wise policy....
[b]ut where correction through legislative action
is practically impossible, this Court has often
overruled its earlier decisions..."

Quote by:
Justice Louis D. Brandeis
(1856-1941) US Supreme Court Justice
Source:
Burnet v. Coronado Oil & Gas Co., 285 U.S. 393, 406-407 (1932) (Brandeis, J., dissenting).
 
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