Sentences with phrase «constitutional thicket»

The Court has taken a fresh plunge into the constitutional thicket, wherein it is the prerogative of judges to write and rewrite the maps.

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In the course of this matter, we have developed First Amendment arguments regarding the Constitutional principal that civil courts can not delve into the religious thicket of internal church governance and that the courts must adhere to express trust language in a church's governing documents.