The landmark case that has protected federal abortion rights for nearly 50 years was gutted by the Supreme Court.
The move is not a new one. Since the Supreme Court was founded in 1789, justices on the top court have overturned hundreds of their own decisions, leading to some of the most lionized decisions in the court's history.
The list of Supreme Court reversals is open to interpretation, so it's hard to say how many there are. The justices have never officially overturned past decisions. The Library of Congress tracks the number of Supreme Court cases that have been overruled over the course of 233 years.
According to David Shultz, a law professor at the University of Minnesota and author of "Constitutional Precedent in US Supreme Court Reasoning," the phenomenon has become more common in modern times.
Some of the most well-known decisions in SCOTUS history have been overturned.
The Supreme Court's 1955 decision that banned racial segregation in public schools was partially overturned by the 1954.
The justices overturned the 1896 case in which the court ruled in favor of segregating public facilities.
The Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas was sued by Oliver Brown after his daughter was not allowed to attend all white elementary schools. The Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment was invoked by Brown.
The case went through the judicial system before landing at the top court. The Supreme Court's first black justice, Thurgood Marshall, argued on behalf of the people.
The doctrine of "separate but equal" has no place in public education. The educational facilities are not equal.
Two previous rulings were invalidated by the case that gave Miranda Rights.
The court found that police violated Miranda's rights by failing to tell him that he could stay silent and ask for a lawyer to be present during his interrogation, when he was arrested in connection with a kidnapping and rape.
The Fifth Amendment requires law enforcement officials to inform suspects of their rights while in police custody. Criminal suspects' rights to counsel before trial were thrown out by the decision.
Miranda was back in front of the Supreme Court this month when the justices in a 6-3 decision struck a blow to Miranda Rights in shielding police from the possibility of monetary damages in cases where they fail to inform criminal suspects of their rights.
Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce was one of the cases that overturned previous decisions on political funding.
The first case upheld restrictions on corporate spending when it was in support of or against political candidates, while the second case reinforced restrictions on campaign spending by corporations.
The Citizens United decision forbids Congress from jailing citizens or associations of citizens for simply engaging in political speech, according to the majority opinion.
The 1972 ruling on same-sex marriage was overruled by the 2015 case.
Kennedy, who served as a frequent swing vote, was one of the five who voted in favor of same-sex couples in a marriage.
The possibility that Obergefell could be overturned next was raised in Justice Clarence Thomas' concurring opinion.
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