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Recent Examples of jurisprudence
But the rush of major rulings in the five years since conservatives gained a 6-3 majority on the top U.S. judicial body in 2020 after Trump was able to appoint three justices in his first term in office represents nothing short of a revolution in American jurisprudence.
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Jan Wolfe, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
One is a law to legalize euthanasia, which has wide support, including from his daughter Dorotea (Anna Ferzetti), a formidable jurisprudence scholar herself.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
Daimeon Shanks is a doctoral candidate in the Jurisprudence and Social Policy program at Berkeley Law, studying legal history, jurisprudence, and political philosophy.
—Lauren Gifford, Space.com, 25 Aug. 2025
In so doing, the courts largely cast aside a century of jurisprudence in which courts were deferential to the Commissioners’ role as guardians of their leagues.
—Chris Deubert, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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Jan Wolfe, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
One is a law to legalize euthanasia, which has wide support, including from his daughter Dorotea (Anna Ferzetti), a formidable jurisprudence scholar herself.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
Daimeon Shanks is a doctoral candidate in the Jurisprudence and Social Policy program at Berkeley Law, studying legal history, jurisprudence, and political philosophy.
—Lauren Gifford, Space.com, 25 Aug. 2025
In so doing, the courts largely cast aside a century of jurisprudence in which courts were deferential to the Commissioners’ role as guardians of their leagues.
—Chris Deubert, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jurisprudence
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The bill lists several topics teachers could discuss, including the religious background of the signers of the Declaration of Independence (which included Protestants and Deists), President George Washington's farewell address and the biblical Ten Commandments' influence on American law.—
Jessie Balmert,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Oct. 2025
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By law, half of the 20,000 available scholarships are required to go to families with no income cap, meaning even those making $1 million or more could qualify.—
Vivian Jones,
Nashville Tennessean,
6 Oct. 2025
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This ruling comes amid broader debates in the United States over the future of TPS, a humanitarian immigration program, and illustrates the judiciary’s influential role in shaping national immigration policy.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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The federal government is once again engaged in a coordinated campaign to silence critics in the government, the media, the judiciary, academia, and the entertainment industry.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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The federal government argued that the lower courts were circumventing the power of the justices and improperly limiting the authority of the Department of Homeland Security.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
4 Oct. 2025
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Have questions about the justice system?—
Evan Mealins,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Jurisprudence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jurisprudence. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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