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jurisprudence

[joor-is-prood-ns, joor-is-prood-] / ˌdʒʊər ɪsˈprud ns, ˈdʒʊər ɪsˌprud- /


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And with that, you’re officially up to speed on a big day in jurisprudence.

From Slate Jun. 30, 2026

United States, the Supreme Court last month confronted how its Fourth Amendment jurisprudence will continue to evolve in the face of modern surveillance technology.

From Slate May 20, 2026

The Court majority’s jurisprudence resembles the line in Lewis Carroll’s “Through the Looking Glass”: “When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.”

From Salon May 18, 2026

Indeed, so much has changed that the same chief justice who decried “Alabama’s attempt to remake our §2 jurisprudence anew” in Allen v.

From Slate May 5, 2026

Such critics also pointed out that, thanks to the commercialization of Everest, the once hallowed peak has now even been dragged into the swamp of American jurisprudence.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer




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