Definition of supreme court
1 : the highest judicial tribunal in a political unit (such as a nation or state)
2 : a court of original jurisdiction in New York state subordinate to a final court of appeals
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Their decision was upheld by the state’s supreme court in 2008. — Adam Carlson, PEOPLE.com, "Hitman Freed 31 Years After Shooting Millionaire's Estranged Wife in Her Doorway in Murder-for-Hire," 28 May 2018 Nepal’s Ministry of Tourism tried to prohibit double amputees this year, but the country’s supreme court overruled the ban. — Alan Arnette, Outside Online, "The Everest Climbers to Watch This Season," 18 Apr. 2018 But on another front, a new resign-to-run law may mean problems in Scott’s plans to install three new state supreme court justices on his way out the door of the governor’s mansion, the Associated Press’s Gary Fineout reports. — Dan Sweeney, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Power Lunch: Just a typical morning in the Trump White House," 13 Mar. 2018 Brazil’s supreme court said President Michel Temer’s bank accounts could be scrutinised in an investigation into possible corruption involving port permits. — The Economist, "Politics this week," 8 Mar. 2018 While the president* was speaking in Cincinnati, the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by Republicans in Pennsylvania of a ruling by that state’s supreme court that Pennsylvania’s electoral maps were rigged to favor Republicans. — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, "Where Do Republicans Go From Here?," 6 Feb. 2018 As the current supreme court justices begin to retire, Henderson is confident President Donald Trump's replacement will be more conservative. — Jonece Starr Dunigan, AL.com, "Yellowhammer Fund in Tuscaloosa providing financial assistance for abortions," 31 Jan. 2018 In North Carolina, these proposals follow the Republican legislature’s loss of the governorship and a conservative majority on the state supreme court in the 2016 election. — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, "Courts Getting in the Way? Time to Sink the Courts," 12 Feb. 2018 Look no further than the fact that Justice Don Willett of the Texas supreme court — who is eminently qualified for the federal bench by all objective measures — did not receive a single Democratic vote. — Josh Blackman, National Review, "A Better Way to Give Trump More Judgeships to Fill," 18 Dec. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'supreme court.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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