Ultimately, the public's faith in the justices as neutral arbiters of law is essential to the court's legitimacy, the independence of the federal judiciary and even the rule of law.

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On the other hand, they would seek out and empower local Muslims who accept the authority and legitimacy of their states and their rule of law.

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Such actions were counterproductive and of dubious legitimacy, a columnist in the Harvard Law Record argued.

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It is not a governmental instrument of legal tender that requires regulatory legitimacy and coercion by law in order to gain acceptance.

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Yanukovich wanted to get rid of the opposition which had first swept him out of power and which was still questioning his legitimacy, and so he turned to a law that was all too able to accommodate such ulterior motives.

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