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Recent Examples of high court
Instead, the high court will consider issues stemming from three federal district court lawsuits that challenged Trump’s order.
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Dan Mangan, CNBC, 15 May 2025
The high court agreed to pause a lower court order that had blocked the administration from implementing its ban nationwide.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 6 May 2025
His administration is targeting a long-standing Supreme Court precedent known as Humphrey’s Executor, a 1935 opinion that saw a unanimous high court rule that presidents lack authority to remove heads of independent agencies unilaterally.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 3 May 2025
Frequently, this is done by packing high courts with loyalist judges and creating special tribunals with little or no due process for certain cases or people.
—Amanda Taub, New York Times, 3 May 2025
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Dan Mangan, CNBC, 15 May 2025
The high court agreed to pause a lower court order that had blocked the administration from implementing its ban nationwide.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 6 May 2025
His administration is targeting a long-standing Supreme Court precedent known as Humphrey’s Executor, a 1935 opinion that saw a unanimous high court rule that presidents lack authority to remove heads of independent agencies unilaterally.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 3 May 2025
Frequently, this is done by packing high courts with loyalist judges and creating special tribunals with little or no due process for certain cases or people.
—Amanda Taub, New York Times, 3 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for high court
Noun
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That would mean the state supreme court’s decision rejecting religious charter schools would remain.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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The supreme court could render a decision on whether Bar remains in office, and for how long, based on technical issues.—
Gershom Gorenberg,
The Atlantic,
25 Apr. 2025
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Weinstein’s landmark 2020 conviction and 23-year prison sentence was thrown out last year when New York’s highest court found the trial court judge wrongly allowed a jury to hear testimony concerning incidents for which the producer was not charged.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
16 Apr. 2025
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Jury concerns The Massachusetts trial court will call 275 potential jurors each day of this first week in an effort to find a jury for trial, a spokeswoman said.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
1 Apr. 2025
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While many of the crimes perpetrated by Putin and his troops are already being investigated and prosecuted, whether by domestic or international tribunals, the crime of aggression is yet to be addressed with comprehensive responses.—
Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab,
Forbes.com,
11 May 2025
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Dozens of foreign delegations were in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Friday to endorse the ceasefire proposal and the establishment of a special tribunal to investigate crimes of aggression against Ukraine.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
9 May 2025
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“High court.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20court. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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