disestablish

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Federal policies at various points in history sought to disestablish reservations and force Native Americans into cities.

From Washington Times • Jan. 6, 2023

Virginia Heffernan talks to Fordham Law professor Jed Shugerman, about the big picture behind Amy Coney Barrett, ways we can disestablish the Senate, and the concept of originalism when interpreting the U.S.

From Slate • Oct. 16, 2020

Influenced by deistic distaste for sectarian disputes, pragmatic politicians would eventually decide that the best solution was to disestablish the churches and cut off public funding in the name of religious freedom.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

Government programs, once established, do not tend to disestablish themselves, but the growth and modernization of the federal government was probably inevitable.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 21, 2015

"You must be what father calls a wicked Radical," said Godfrey staring at her, "one of those people who want to disestablish the Church."

From Love Eternal by Haggard, Henry Rider