jurisprudence
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While leaving space for restrictions with historical precedent, such as those against particularly “dangerous and unusual” weapons, the ruling nonetheless exploded modern American jurisprudence around gun control.
From Los Angeles Times
A legal maxim of Islamic jurisprudence states that repelling harm always has priority over the procurement of benefits.
From Los Angeles Times
The past century and a half of jurisprudence on the question, resulting in the practice of permissive jus soli citizenship, is dubious at best.
From Washington Times
This is the fundamental principle that undergirds all our laws, our jurisprudence, all of society, all of medicine.
From Washington Post
But some on the right now attribute the increased scrutiny of the court to the simple fact that a conservative supermajority is swiftly changing its jurisprudence on controversial issues.
From Washington Post
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