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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, 19 Dec. 2025
Aggressive tactics by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents drew the ire of Rhode Island’s governor and state Supreme Court chief justice this week when a high school intern was detained and questioned before being released.
—Taylor Galgano Caroll Alvarado, CNN Money, 22 Nov. 2025
The chief justice of the Supreme Court will have her salary increase from $233,097 to $240,090, while the six associate justices on the court will see their pay go up from $215,843 to $222,318.
—Arkansas Online, 14 Nov. 2025
In Nepal, for example, the Gen Z protests teed up the country’s first-ever female prime minister, former chief justice Sushila Karki.
—Michael Shank, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
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Tom Winter, NBC news, 19 Dec. 2025
Aggressive tactics by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents drew the ire of Rhode Island’s governor and state Supreme Court chief justice this week when a high school intern was detained and questioned before being released.
—Taylor Galgano Caroll Alvarado, CNN Money, 22 Nov. 2025
The chief justice of the Supreme Court will have her salary increase from $233,097 to $240,090, while the six associate justices on the court will see their pay go up from $215,843 to $222,318.
—Arkansas Online, 14 Nov. 2025
In Nepal, for example, the Gen Z protests teed up the country’s first-ever female prime minister, former chief justice Sushila Karki.
—Michael Shank, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chief justice
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On Tuesday, Judge Gregory Stuart Parker, the Taylor County circuit judge appointed to oversee the disciplinary case, recommended that Uhlfelder be admonished and required him to complete an ethics class.—
Dan Sullivan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Jan. 2026
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Smart & Safe Florida challenged the invalidation, but a Leon County circuit judge upheld the state decision.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
18 Dec. 2025
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Under Article 7, Section 53 of the Arkansas Constitution, a person elected or appointed to one of 10 county offices, including justice of the peace, shall not during the term to which he or she has been elected, be appointed or elected to any civil office in this state.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Oct. 2025
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And King tied Angela Medlin, the woman who had confronted Marty Baker during the cattle-rustling arrests, in the race for justice of the peace.—
Mitch Moxley,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Chief justice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chief%20justice. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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