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However, John Jay, a Protestant and first chief justice of the Supreme Court, once accused Catholics of spreading bigotry, persecution, murder and being a threat to America.
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2026
Between the late 1990s and early 2000s, Khamenei relied on the Expediency Discernment Council to reduce the powers of the reformist-majority parliament and pressure it to approve the chief justice’s six appointees to the Guardian Council.
—Eric Lob, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2026
In 2022, as chief justice, Robinson led a panel of justices that heard argument and issued a decision the first time the CCP litigation reached the high court.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2026
Democrats said the changes to House Bill 1033, approved 59-27, takes away several organizations' votes on the existing judicial selection committee and gives them to the governor and chief justice of the Indiana Supreme Court.
—Kaitlin Lange, IndyStar, 27 Feb. 2026
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2026
Between the late 1990s and early 2000s, Khamenei relied on the Expediency Discernment Council to reduce the powers of the reformist-majority parliament and pressure it to approve the chief justice’s six appointees to the Guardian Council.
—Eric Lob, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2026
In 2022, as chief justice, Robinson led a panel of justices that heard argument and issued a decision the first time the CCP litigation reached the high court.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2026
Democrats said the changes to House Bill 1033, approved 59-27, takes away several organizations' votes on the existing judicial selection committee and gives them to the governor and chief justice of the Indiana Supreme Court.
—Kaitlin Lange, IndyStar, 27 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chief justice
Noun
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Jordan, who has served as a circuit judge since 2011, could face a public reprimand for his actions.—
Camila Gomez,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2026
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Someone who has pondered such niceties is Richard Posner, a former circuit judge and a prolific legal scholar.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Their wedding ceremony was to be a very private stand-up event with a justice of the peace, and then off to the first day of class.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Mar. 2026
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Vaz Rosa, who has no prior criminal history, turned herself in to police on Wednesday, March 4, was arraigned before a justice of the peace and released, Benson said.—
Mark Reynolds,
The Providence Journal,
5 Mar. 2026
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