"raison d'état" meaning in English

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          "text": "The law as created by the Supreme Court has been nay-saying in fact and in effect, stating in specific instances a series of \"thou shalt nots.\" Not entirely, to be sure, as the cases illustrating raison d'état in American constitutional law tend to indicate, but enough to make the generalization valid.",
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