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Trump appeared to respond to the chief justice in a Thursday Truth Social post by calling for Roberts and his colleagues to rein in lower court judges handling the new administration's cases.
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Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2025
Ultimately, the chief justice analogized the case to the Supreme Court’s 2021 ruling that Philadelphia couldn’t exclude a religious agency from its foster care system.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 30 Apr. 2025
Call the Federal Judicial Center and leave a message saying that the chief justice must speak out against the Trump regime’s efforts to intimidate the courts with threats and that judges need more protection.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 3 June 2025
And when the courts—because you will get taken to court—and when the courts stop you, stand before the country like Andrew Jackson did and say: ‘The chief justice has made his ruling.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 25 May 2025
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Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2025
Ultimately, the chief justice analogized the case to the Supreme Court’s 2021 ruling that Philadelphia couldn’t exclude a religious agency from its foster care system.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 30 Apr. 2025
Call the Federal Judicial Center and leave a message saying that the chief justice must speak out against the Trump regime’s efforts to intimidate the courts with threats and that judges need more protection.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 3 June 2025
And when the courts—because you will get taken to court—and when the courts stop you, stand before the country like Andrew Jackson did and say: ‘The chief justice has made his ruling.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 25 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chief justice
circuit judge
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Her position was cited and quoted by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg when the Supreme Court ruled against VMI — bringing a jolt of energy and confidence to the new circuit judge.—
Luke Parker,
Baltimore Sun,
6 June 2025
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Two of the three circuit judges who heard the case said Marks made a compelling showing that Bauer used more force than needed when Marks was no longer resisting the other officer and was falling backwards to the ground.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
28 May 2025
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“Chief justice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chief%20justice. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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