Professor Susan N. Herman, Centennial Professor of Law, was interviewed by Dan Abrams on MSNBC-TV News Live on the second day of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on Judge Samuel Alito's nomination to the Supreme Court. Herman, a widely regarded expert on Supreme Court decisions, and co-panelist Adam Ciongoli, a former law clerk to Judge Alito, commented on the Judge’s answers concerning Roe v. Wade and the role of stare decisis, the legal doctrine of respecting past precedent. Herman also spoke about broader issues of the philosophy of judicial review and judicial views about federalism.