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high court

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as in supreme court

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Recent Examples of high court The case can be sent back to the Supreme Court if appeals are filed by Chey or Roh, who did not attend Friday's high court ruling. — ABC News, 24 July 2026 The irony, for some legal experts, is that Barbara is a rare example of the high court interpreting the 14th Amendment broadly. — Scott Baldauf, Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2026 The ruling marks a significant victory for gun rights advocates and adds to growing legal uncertainty surrounding state assault weapons bans after the high court’s 2022 decision. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 17 July 2026 And there’s no need for the high court to take up a case just to follow precedent. — Barbara McQuade, Mercury News, 7 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for high court

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That suggests that the supreme court — which did not examine the 2025 law changes in the hearing—might not uphold the government’s sweeping changes, which stripped millions overnight of their status as dormant Italians.

— Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 29 July 2026
Dipke's party is the satirical group that has spearheaded the movement, named after a remark by the country’s chief justice of the supreme court comparing some unemployed young people to cockroaches.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026

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To overturn the trial court's decision would require an appellate court to find that the trial court abused its discretion ― which is a very high bar to hurdle.

— Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
But the panel ruled that Navarro's testimony about that phone call, without further evidence, wasn't enough to overrule the trial court judge, who heard Navarro's testimony directly.

— Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 21 July 2026

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The hearing will mark the first public proceeding in the court’s history after Congress created the specialized tribunal in 1996 but never used it.

— Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 30 July 2026
Sheinbaum has said that little evidence has emerged to substantiate claims of cartels interfering with elections, and noted that a state-level electoral tribunal ratified Rocha’s win in Sinaloa, after examining reports of irregularities.

— Mary Beth Sheridan, CNN Money, 25 July 2026

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