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Recent Examples of drumhead court-martial
And men like Lang Long, a Cambodian who was trafficked and sold into the Thai fishing industry, are modern-day Billy Budds in a system that lacks even the rough justice of a drumhead court-martial.
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Alyssa Rosenberg, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2019
Alyssa Rosenberg, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drumhead court-martial
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The base provost marshal and military police supported the driver, and Robinson was subject to court-martial.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 2025
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Afterward, a mock court-martial was held, complete with the sentencing and execution of a private accused of desertion.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Apr. 2025
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The high court filing follows a brief order from a federal appeals court that kept in place a court order blocking the policy nationwide.—
Mark Sherman,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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In an amicus brief filed on Friday, senior Democrat state legal officials—including attorney generals from Washington, Minnesota, Colorado, and Illinois—compared the firing to Trump removing Article III judges, a group that includes the high court justices.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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Barclays is banning trans women from using its women’s bathrooms, following a decision earlier this month from the U.K. supreme court that trans women are not legally considered to be women.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
1 May 2025
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The nonprofit says that the previous record for spending in a state supreme court race was in Wisconsin's 2023 state supreme court election, when $56 million was spent. Voters have taken notice.—
Oren Oppenheim,
ABC News,
1 Apr. 2025
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Judge Louis Nock ordered Shelby, who was dressed in a black jacket, black pants and white shirt to be held without bail at his Manhattan criminal court arraignment Monday afternoon.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2025
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While criminal courts are part of the judicial branch, immigration courts are administrative civil venues under the umbrella of the executive branch’s Department of Justice.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Drumhead court-martial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drumhead%20court-martial. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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