doctrine

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None of this has moved the Supreme Court, which has shown no interest in revisiting the validity of the doctrine.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

They read Wong Kim Ark and other sources as having incorporated British common-law doctrine deeming anyone born in the British Empire a subject of the crown.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

They began a decades-long pursuit of a new doctrine supported by new weapons to prevent the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Most presidential administrations have claimed to operate according to a foreign policy doctrine of some kind: for instance, neoconservatism, liberal internationalism, isolationism, or realpolitik.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

We defined the issues in terms of developing legal doctrine and establishing legal precedent; our clients became important, but secondary, players in a formal arena that required lawyers to translate lay claims into technical speech.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander