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Recent Examples of high court
The high court again sided with Democrats in its decision issued Wednesday.
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Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Scalia, considered one of the most conservative justices on the high court during his 30-year tenure, consistently defended his decision until his death in 2016.
—Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
By contrast, the high court rarely has unanimous votes, while split decisions along ideological lines are common.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2025
The Department of Justice has opposed her petition to the high court.
—James Hill, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2025
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Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Scalia, considered one of the most conservative justices on the high court during his 30-year tenure, consistently defended his decision until his death in 2016.
—Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
By contrast, the high court rarely has unanimous votes, while split decisions along ideological lines are common.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2025
The Department of Justice has opposed her petition to the high court.
—James Hill, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for high court
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While Massachusetts doesn’t have a formal sanctuary law at the state level, a 2017 state supreme court ruling bans law enforcement from holding anyone beyond the time they would otherwise be released on the basis of an ICE detainer request.—
Isabelle Chapman,
CNN Money,
5 Aug. 2025
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The constitution vests the whole judicial power of the United States in one supreme court, and such inferior courts as congress shall, from time to time, ordain and establish.—
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
29 July 2025
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The trial court also applied the new historical practices and understandings test, holding that there was no evidence of a tradition to display the Ten Commandments in public schools permanently.—
Lydia Artz,
The Conversation,
5 Sep. 2025
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The Second District Court of Appeal reversed the trial court’s decision.—
Eduardo J. Valdes,
Miami Herald,
27 Aug. 2025
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The first international tribunal ever organized, the first time film footage was used as evidence to show the world what this regime perpetrated.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
7 Sep. 2025
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And now comes Nuremberg, being released in the same month that tribunal happened on November 21, 1945.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
7 Sep. 2025
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