jurisprudence

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The logic of the Supreme Court’s qualified immunity jurisprudence is that Congress would not have displaced existing immunities without saying so.

From New York Times

With one decision, Clarence Thomas threw out about 200 years of jurisprudence and laws that had been passed regulating guns in this country for reasons of, for example, public safety.

From Salon

But if so, much of American jurisprudence carries the same label, said Nicholas Stephanopoulos, a Harvard University law professor who has been a leading advocate of standards to judge partisan gerrymanders.

From New York Times

He directed judges to start taking the high court’s Second Amendment jurisprudence seriously and said courts must determine whether a firearm restriction would have seemed reasonable to those who crafted and ratified the Second Amendment.

From Washington Times

According to that charge, Scalia set his sights on the Supreme Court early and cynically aimed his jurisprudence and law journal writing toward that end.

From Washington Post