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Rodríguez has called Maduro the country’s rightful leader, even as her nation’s high court named her interim president.
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Dallas Morning News, 4 Jan. 2026
While most federal judges tend not to throw jabs at the justices on the Supreme Court, some offered sharp rebukes aimed at the high court over its emergency orders.
—Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 1 Jan. 2026
The order was not a final ruling but was a significant and rare setback by the high court for the president's efforts.
—Arkansas Online, 1 Jan. 2026
The brief argued such bans violated Title IX and equal protection, formally aligning Democratic leadership with the legal effort to preserve trans inclusion as the high court prepared to hear the lawsuits of Idaho and West Virginia.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 26 Dec. 2025
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Dallas Morning News, 4 Jan. 2026
While most federal judges tend not to throw jabs at the justices on the Supreme Court, some offered sharp rebukes aimed at the high court over its emergency orders.
—Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 1 Jan. 2026
The order was not a final ruling but was a significant and rare setback by the high court for the president's efforts.
—Arkansas Online, 1 Jan. 2026
The brief argued such bans violated Title IX and equal protection, formally aligning Democratic leadership with the legal effort to preserve trans inclusion as the high court prepared to hear the lawsuits of Idaho and West Virginia.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 26 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for high court
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In 2004, the supreme court of Canada ruled that the government had a duty to consult and accommodate Indigenous people anywhere that aboriginal title existed, or might later be found to exist.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
27 Dec. 2025
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Yet the state’s supreme court struck it down as unconstitutional under New Jersey’s own 1776 constitution, an early precursor to the federal Bill of Rights.—
Time,
Time,
17 Dec. 2025
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The ruling partially reversed a previous appeals court decision, finding that the original trial court correctly adjudicated the charge of accommodation discrimination.—
Samantha Riedel,
Them.,
23 Oct. 2025
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Dismissal hearings were ongoing as of Wednesday in BMC and district courts in both Suffolk and Middlesex counties, according to the trial court office.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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That September, Guzmán and his companion, Elena Iparraguirre, were captured in Lima; a secret military tribunal sentenced them to life in prison, but the fighting went on.—
Paul Elie,
New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2026
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An international arbitral tribunal ruled in 2016 that Beijing's sweeping claims had no basis under international law, a decision China rejects.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
13 Dec. 2025
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“High court.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20court. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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