: the presiding or principal judge of a court of justice
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Our chief justice correspondent Pierre Thomas has the details.—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2025 But the one-time Trump ally, who later became one of the president's top critics, argued that picking a fight with the chief justice could negatively impact what happens for Trump at the highest court in the land.—Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2025 Responding to Roberts during an interview with Fox News’s Laura Ingraham, Trump noted the chief justice didn’t name him and repeated his earlier comments about Boasberg.—Ella Lee, The Hill, 19 Mar. 2025 Jonathan Dienst Jonathan Dienst is chief justice contributor for NBC News and chief investigative reporter for WNBC-TV in New York.—Freddie Clayton, NBC News, 9 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for chief justice
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