jurisprudence

as in law
formal the study of law a professor of jurisprudence

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Recent Examples of jurisprudence After less than five years in power, the Court’s new majority has rendered the country’s religion jurisprudence unrecognizable, even to a lawyer who would have been considered an expert in the Constitution’s approach to religion less than a decade ago. Ian Millhiser, Vox, 30 Apr. 2025 To abandon it now would reverse over 150 years of constitutional jurisprudence. Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025 This is neither balanced jurisprudence nor an arcane legal dispute. Darrell Issa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2025 The jurisprudence was sorely lacking — Oliver Wendell Holmes would been horrified, Louis Brandeis grave rolling. Jim Cramer, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for jurisprudence
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Noun
  • Earlier this month, Attorney General Todd Rokita sent a letter to the University of Notre Dame claiming its DEI policies may violate state and federal law.
    Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2025
  • But Connecticut’s clean slate law does not apply to out-of-state convictions.
    Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2025
Noun
  • Dissent isn’t tolerated, nor is there an independent judiciary.
    Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 6 June 2025
  • At the same time, Trump has had a lasting impact on the judiciary, helping to shape a conservative-leaning bench through his appointments.
    Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
Noun
  • Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested by FBI agents last week, charged with obstruction of justice and concealing an individual to prevent an arrest.
    Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
  • Matt Hunsaker, who was 10 years old when his mother was killed, said Friday that his family is overwhelmed with emotion to know that justice will finally be served.
    Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 7 June 2025

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“Jurisprudence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jurisprudence. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.

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