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at issue

In question, under discussion; also, to be decided. For example, Who will pay for the refreshments was the point at issue . [Early 1800s]
In conflict, in disagreement, as in Physicians are still at issue over the appropriate use of hormone therapy . This usage, from legal terminology, was defined by Sir William Blackstone ( Commentaries on the Laws of England , 1768), who said that when a point is affirmed by one side and denied by the other, “they are then said to be at issue .”

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At issue are new “LGBTQ-inclusive” storybooks used for classroom reading for pre-kindergarten to 5th grade in Montgomery County, Md., a suburb of Washington where three justices reside.

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Those judges said the “free exercise” of religion protects people from being forced to change their conduct or their beliefs, neither of which were at issue in the school case.

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These decisions didn’t just rest on abstract ideals—they reflected the court’s willingness to move beyond formal classifications and engage seriously with the actual purpose and impact of the laws at issue.

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At issue, the government says, is last year's pro-Palestinian campus protests, which wracked campuses across the country, and which the Trump administration says contributed to the harassment of Jewish students.

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But that’s not at issue in the North Carolina case.

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