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high court

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as in supreme court

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Recent Examples of high court But the state’s high court agreed to review the matter to clarify a legal question regarding bail in California. — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026 The high court dealt Trump both of the losses during the term that ended in June, striking down his executive order to end birthright citizenship and blocking his attempt to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook. — Isaac Arnsdorf, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2026 The high court’s 6-3 conservative-majority ruling curtailed lower courts’ ability to prevent the Department of Homeland Security from terminating TPS designations. — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 7 Aug. 2026 In its release, the Illinois high court noted Evans’ work establishing the county’s restorative justice courts, which handle some low-level cases outside the traditional courtroom in the hopes of rehabilitating defendants. — Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for high court

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Just this week, Russia’s supreme court blocked Yabloko, the only remaining liberal, anti-war party on the ballot for parliamentary elections, from running.

— Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
No changes to the state supreme court bench are happening in Kansas' future.

— Saige Miller, NPR, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of supreme court

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Because the primary charge is murder, his case was moved to the standard trial court system.

— Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 13 Aug. 2026
The case initially was filed in California’s 3rd District Court of Appeal, but judges there declined to review it, saying the case first should proceed through the trial court.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026

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In December, the tribunal issued its final judgment in The Hague—a symbolic choice given the city’s role as a center of international justice—upholding the charge of gender persecution.

— Rina Amiri, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2026
In December 2025, Leo filed an employment tribunal lawsuit against ITN, claiming discrimination arising from his disability.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2026

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