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Case law says that a person has a right to privacy.
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From prior case law, the Markel court identified four, non-exhaustive marks of a religious institution.
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Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025
Trump's executive order is unconstitutional, in direct conflict with the plain language of the 14th Amendment and over a century's worth of Supreme Court case law.
—Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
There is another, actually, case law from the Court of Justice of the European Union where the Court set some limits to the tax administration with respect to the list of high-risk taxpayers.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
The special counsel’s office weighed bringing an insurrection charge against Trump but decided against doing so, with the scant case law for such a prosecution a major factor in that decision.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2025
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Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025
Trump's executive order is unconstitutional, in direct conflict with the plain language of the 14th Amendment and over a century's worth of Supreme Court case law.
—Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
There is another, actually, case law from the Court of Justice of the European Union where the Court set some limits to the tax administration with respect to the list of high-risk taxpayers.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
The special counsel’s office weighed bringing an insurrection charge against Trump but decided against doing so, with the scant case law for such a prosecution a major factor in that decision.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Case law.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/case%20law. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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