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Montana’s high court petition was backed the National Republican Senatorial Committee, 15 other Republican state attorneys general and the America First Legal Foundation.
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Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025
The high court held that Wong Kim Ark, who was born in San Francisco to Chinese immigrants, was a U.S. citizen because he was born in the country.
—Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Jan. 2025
The high court could put the law on hold, could decline to intervene for now or could definitively rule on whether the law is constitutional.
—Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
The high court on Friday unanimously upheld a new law that requires the social media app’s Chinese owner to sell off TikTok’s U.S. business or face a nationwide ban.
—Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025
The high court held that Wong Kim Ark, who was born in San Francisco to Chinese immigrants, was a U.S. citizen because he was born in the country.
—Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Jan. 2025
The high court could put the law on hold, could decline to intervene for now or could definitively rule on whether the law is constitutional.
—Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
The high court on Friday unanimously upheld a new law that requires the social media app’s Chinese owner to sell off TikTok’s U.S. business or face a nationwide ban.
—Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for high court
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Two lawyers have lodged a lawsuit with the country's supreme court, The Guardian reported on Tuesday, in an attempt to cancel the company's concession to operate the two ports, which are located at both ends of the canal.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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Brazil Reuters — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro accused the country’s supreme court of persecuting him on Saturday after his appeal against a travel ban was rejected.—
Reuters,
CNN,
18 Jan. 2025
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But their eventual ruling may not detail how anything else should be considered, leaving that to trial courts to determine in specific cases.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA TODAY,
23 Jan. 2025
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Six former Florida State basketball players sued Seminoles head basketball coach Leonard Hamilton in a Leon County (Fla.) trial court Monday, accusing Hamilton of failing to follow through on promised $250,000 NIL payments.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
30 Dec. 2024
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Since then, his work has taken him to international tribunals and other inquiries into the missing in more than 60 countries.—
Tyler McBrien,
The Dial,
28 Jan. 2025
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He was made to testify at the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg and was later condemned to death by a Polish tribunal.—
Saskya Vandoorne,
CNN,
17 Jan. 2025
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“High court.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20court. Accessed 14 Feb. 2025.
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