What considerations does the Court identify determining whether to allow a retroactive change to the state’s longstanding common law rule
Read and compare the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Rogers v. Tennessee, 532 U.S. 451 (2001), where the Court considered whether a trial court can retroactively alter a common law rule that governs causation in homicide cases. What considerations does the Court identify determining whether to allow a retroactive change to the state’s longstanding common law rule? Which opinion—majority or dissenting—do you find more legally persuasive?
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