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Recent Examples of jurisprudence
One is a law to legalize euthanasia, which has wide support, including from his daughter Dorotea (Anna Ferzetti), a formidable jurisprudence scholar herself.
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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
The ruling in Tape v. Hurley affirmed birthright citizenship for children of Chinese immigrants, decades before Plessy v. Ferguson or Brown v. Board of Education would reshape American jurisprudence.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2025
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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
The ruling in Tape v. Hurley affirmed birthright citizenship for children of Chinese immigrants, decades before Plessy v. Ferguson or Brown v. Board of Education would reshape American jurisprudence.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jurisprudence
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Raise the stakes for farmers There have been calls not just to hold farmers more accountable for H-2A violations, but also to reward the ones who comply with labor laws.—
Max Blau,
ProPublica,
16 Sep. 2025
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As lieutenant governor, Duncan backed policies expanding healthcare in rural communities and helped pass the state’s first hate crimes law.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
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But Brazil’s judiciary chose to act decisively.—
Julia Vargas Jones,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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Yet the most significant revelation of the Bolsonaro trial has been that Brazil’s democratic institutions—especially its judiciary—are functioning, independent, and strong enough to withstand domestic and international pressure.—
Adriana Carranca,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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And in March the justices turned down a request by Republican attorneys general to stop climate lawsuits filed by states including California, Connecticut, Minnesota and Rhode Island.—
Michael Copley,
NPR,
19 Sep. 2025
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In a case before the Supreme Court last year, the justices unanimously found that the gun group’s First Amendment rights were violated when New York state officials coerced private companies into blacklisting it.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Jurisprudence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jurisprudence. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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