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Jonathan Dienst Jonathan Dienst is chief justice contributor for NBC News and chief investigative reporter for WNBC-TV in New York.
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Tom Winter, NBC news, 10 Aug. 2025
The chief justice of the nine-member Texas Supreme Court is Jimmy Blacklock, who was appointed to the bench by Abbott in 2018 and was the Texas governor’s general counsel.
—Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
We're joined now by ABC's chief justice correspondent Pierre Thomas.
—ABC News, 13 July 2025
The seven justices now vote on a chief justice every two years.
—Mary Spicuzza, jsonline.com, 8 July 2025
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Tom Winter, NBC news, 10 Aug. 2025
The chief justice of the nine-member Texas Supreme Court is Jimmy Blacklock, who was appointed to the bench by Abbott in 2018 and was the Texas governor’s general counsel.
—Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
We're joined now by ABC's chief justice correspondent Pierre Thomas.
—ABC News, 13 July 2025
The seven justices now vote on a chief justice every two years.
—Mary Spicuzza, jsonline.com, 8 July 2025
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circuit judge
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Also from Pine Bluff, Humphrey has been a pastor at Allison Memorial Presbyterian Church for 41 years and served as the sixth judicial district circuit judge from 1992 to 2010 and was also an assistant attorney general.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
2 Sep. 2025
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In March 2025, a circuit judge ruled that the fines were unjust, ordering Walton County to pay Peavy’s legal fees, totaling $42,000.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Chief justice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chief%20justice. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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