jurists

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He has constantly maintained that when jurists interpret statutes, words are to be given the meaning that an ordinary English speaker would have understood them to possess when Congress enacted the statute.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

As I’ve written in the past, Rakoff is one of our most percipient jurists about the impact of new technologies on the law.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

At least some of them must understand that they have failed to act as independent jurists.

From Slate • Dec. 27, 2025

The jurists are hardly due a commendation, since their previous ruling on the question was reversed 9-0 by the Supreme Court this summer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

Whatever we might have been—healers or politicians, jurists or builders—was trained out of us, spun up and away into the funnel of darkness that is Blackcliff.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir