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Recent Examples of jurisprudence
That would preserve the rest of the court’s First Amendment jurisprudence.
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Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Jan. 2025
One hardly need adhere to the realist or critical legal studies schools of jurisprudence to suggest that these factors might tip the balance in an area where the law was uncertain.
—Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 13 Dec. 2024
Now, having done so much to influence American jurisprudence, Leo has set his sights on reshaping American culture.
—Obed Manuel, NPR, 25 Nov. 2024
Eager to extend the Warren Court’s liberal jurisprudence and fearful that his Great Society might suffer the fate of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal initiatives at the hands of conservative jurists, Johnson resolved to maintain the institution’s ideological bent.
—Michael Bobelian, TIME, 7 Oct. 2024
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Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Jan. 2025
One hardly need adhere to the realist or critical legal studies schools of jurisprudence to suggest that these factors might tip the balance in an area where the law was uncertain.
—Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 13 Dec. 2024
Now, having done so much to influence American jurisprudence, Leo has set his sights on reshaping American culture.
—Obed Manuel, NPR, 25 Nov. 2024
Eager to extend the Warren Court’s liberal jurisprudence and fearful that his Great Society might suffer the fate of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal initiatives at the hands of conservative jurists, Johnson resolved to maintain the institution’s ideological bent.
—Michael Bobelian, TIME, 7 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jurisprudence
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The state's Senate approved the proposal, which is modeled after Arizona’s law, on April 1.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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Prosecution: Autism doesn’t prevent death penalty in any state Arguments that other states, such as Ohio and Kentucky, expanded their laws to bar people with serious mental illness from facing the death penalty don’t apply, Hippler said.—
Alex Brizee,
Idaho Statesman,
25 Apr. 2025
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Delegitimizing the judiciary, the last constitutional brake when the legislature is co-opted and feckless?—
Garry Kasparov,
The Atlantic,
17 Apr. 2025
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The point in this rally is to encourage our judiciary to deliver stiff sentences when animal cruelty has been committed, and solid evidence has been presented.—
Arick Wierson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Apr. 2025
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If the justices uphold lower court rulings that the task force is unconstitutional, its recommendations since 2010 could be invalidated -- and along with them the guarantee of no-cost preventive services coverage many people enjoy.—
Devin Dwyer,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2025
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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is warning that the high court is moving too quickly on politically fraught cases, raising concerns in a dissent that the justices are short-circuiting proper judicial review over expediency.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Jurisprudence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jurisprudence. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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