(January 6, 2015 at 11:10 am)Alex K Wrote: Not quite the metaphor you are looking for
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ove..._decisions
Not a problem. Justices disagree from one bench to another. Even if a decision is reversed, SCOTUS is still the ultimate adjudicator.
(January 6, 2015 at 11:10 am)Alex K Wrote: But my last post still stands, why can't I just define something as ultimate? Is there a deeper criterion?
You can. Question is whether or not, that ultimate is truly a stopping point. Take for example, physics. The search for the "theory of everything" continues. If it is ever found, by definition, it stops there.