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For a long time to come the natives of that interesting island, who cleave to their desert home with all that amor patriae which is so much more easily understood than explained, will look, and look not in vain, for the help of those on whom fall the smiles of a kindlier sun in regions not torn by earthquakes nor blasted and ravaged by volcanic fires.

Journey to the Interior of the Earth 2003

Yet it was only when the Senate also suggested that Livia henceforth be known as mater patriae Mother of Our Country—a play on the title pater patriae granted a decade previously to Augustus—and, more provocatively, that Tiberius’s official title should be qualified by the description “son of Julia” or “son of Livia” that the new emperor was moved to use his imperial veto.

Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010

In these cases, I think one could argue that, as regards federal prisoners, the federal government takes on a variety of powers ordinarily reserved for the states, including a general police power (necessary to the orderly operation of prisons) and a parens patriae power (again necessary to the orderly operation of prisons).

The Volokh Conspiracy » Bad News for Federalism? Some Preliminary Reflections on Comstock 2010

I would rather see strong autonomous families (even so far as full pater familias powers to the head-of-household) and a total lack of parens patriae power on the part of the state than I would non-autonomous families and a strong parens patriae power.

The Volokh Conspiracy » “Do ‘Family Values’ Weaken Families?” 2010

It is now well settled that Kendra's Law is in all respects a constitutional exercise of the states police power, and its parens patriae power.

DJ Jaffe: San Francisco Mayoral Candidates and Mental Illness DJ Jaffe 2011

I would rather see strong autonomous families (even so far as full pater familias powers to the head-of-household) and a total lack of parens patriae power on the part of the state than I would non-autonomous families and a strong parens patriae power.

The Volokh Conspiracy » “Do ‘Family Values’ Weaken Families?” 2010

This is one reason I would like to see states lose their common law power of parens patriae.

The Volokh Conspiracy » “Do ‘Family Values’ Weaken Families?” 2010

Merchants are the least virtuous citizens and possess the least of the amor patriae.

Think Progress » The Right Scrambles To Demean Obama’s Successful Nuclear Summit 2010

For example, in many states, parens patriae applies to a surprising extent to the interaction of the state and the adult as well.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Death Panels, of a Different Sort 2010

On 5 February the emperor was named pater patriae Father of the Country by the Senate, and in August lavish celebrations were held to mark the dedication of the Forum of Augustus.

Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010