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Recent Examples of jurisprudence
That’s both for lower-court takes in applying Bruen’s history-and-tradition test and for the future of the high court’s Second Amendment jurisprudence.
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Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 June 2024
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed and said that such a right is not rooted in the history of American jurisprudence.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
Two noteworthy chapters discuss this history in which successive national states grappled with how to integrate Western jurisprudence and both customary law and sharia.
—Mark Fathi Massoud, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2022
The big picture: The case has been filed in the Eastern District of Texas, which in turn is overseen by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals — a court that has a reputation for politicized and idiosyncratic jurisprudence.
—Felix Salmon, Axios, 2 Dec. 2024
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Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 June 2024
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed and said that such a right is not rooted in the history of American jurisprudence.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
Two noteworthy chapters discuss this history in which successive national states grappled with how to integrate Western jurisprudence and both customary law and sharia.
—Mark Fathi Massoud, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2022
The big picture: The case has been filed in the Eastern District of Texas, which in turn is overseen by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals — a court that has a reputation for politicized and idiosyncratic jurisprudence.
—Felix Salmon, Axios, 2 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jurisprudence
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Trump, in 2017, denounced prior uses of the 1906 law to protect land and drastically reduced the size of several national monuments during his first term.Fritz Farrow, ABC News, 7 Jan. 2025
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By law, Americans seeking to relinquish their citizenship must follow a lengthy process, and U.S. officials must deem their actions voluntary.Joshua Goodman and Ellen Knickmeyer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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Putin controls the military, police, and judiciary through patronage and fear.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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This court order is widely seen as a first-ever and as being highly irregular, along with being criticized by some as being outside the limits of the judiciary's authority, violating the principles of separation of powers.Joohee Cho, ABC News, 5 Jan. 2025
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In Free Speech Coalition et al. v. Paxton, opponents of the Texas law (represented by the ACLU), will urge the justices to overturn the mandate on grounds the law unconstitutionally infringes on free speech for adults.Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025
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The justices could instead allow the ban to go into effect by issuing no decision at all.Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Jurisprudence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jurisprudence. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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