federal court
noun
: a court established by a federal government
especially
: one established under the constitution and laws of the U.S.
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His attorneys have argued in federal court that he should be allowed to ignore the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of citizenship for those born in the U.S. and terminate the rights of children born to parents who were in the country illegally.
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Eric Cortellessa, Time, 10 June 2025
Huerta, 58, had been held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles since Friday and made his initial appearance in federal court Monday afternoon.
—Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
In lower federal courts, various other legal challenges to gun control laws are progressing toward petitions at the Supreme Court, including lawsuits challenging assault weapons bans.
—Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 8 June 2025
But attorneys for the Florida Immigrant Coalition, the Farmworker Association of Florida and two individual plaintiffs filed the challenge in federal court in South Florida, alleging the state law is unconstitutional.
—Jim Saunders, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 June 2025
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Eric Cortellessa, Time, 10 June 2025
Huerta, 58, had been held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles since Friday and made his initial appearance in federal court Monday afternoon.
—Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
In lower federal courts, various other legal challenges to gun control laws are progressing toward petitions at the Supreme Court, including lawsuits challenging assault weapons bans.
—Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 8 June 2025
But attorneys for the Florida Immigrant Coalition, the Farmworker Association of Florida and two individual plaintiffs filed the challenge in federal court in South Florida, alleging the state law is unconstitutional.
—Jim Saunders, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 June 2025
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“Federal court.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/federal%20court. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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