jurists

plural of jurist
as in judges
a public official having authority to decide questions of law earned a reputation as one of the most learned jurists in the federal courts

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Recent Examples of jurists And rather than have the designers come to the jury (of which this editor was a member), the jurists spent several hours with each designer in their own space. Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2026 Conflict of laws issues then will go on to occasionally fry the minds of even the most brilliant litigators and jurists. Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 The once-quiet judges see a growing threat in a president who personally attacks jurists ruling against him. Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 11 July 2026 The commission of inquiry, which called on international bodies to hold Israeli officials to account, is composed of three senior international jurists and chaired by the former Indian judge Srinivasan Muralidhar. Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 24 June 2026 Eskin favors changing the system for choosing judges to one in which jurists are appointed to a single 15-year term, eliminating the need for elections while also ensuring that jurists do eventually leave the bench to make way for others. Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 14 June 2026 An assemblage of distinguished jurists, Ivy League professors, nonprofit leaders, journalists, and theologians sat around me in a half circle. Yoni Appelbaum, The Atlantic, 8 June 2026 Now, the family seeks a fresh start with a new complaint, this time to be heard before a federal judge, rather than Lyons or any other Cook County jurists. Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026 Former federal judges Jeremy Fogel and Liam O’Grady said jurists are losing trust in the integrity of the Department of Justice. Sudhin Thanawala, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2026
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  • Chow, a trial lawyer by trade, led her own defense during the court case which – like all of Hong Kong’s national security cases – was heard by a panel of three judges selected to oversee such proceedings and not a jury.
    Chris Lau, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The Kowalczyk decision reset the status quo for money bail, ruling that judges must consider other non-monetary alternatives before assigning bail.
    Evelyn Ronan, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026
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  • The film also scrutinizes the failures across policing, the courts and social institutions that critics say let his abuse persist largely undetected for so long.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Trump has tried several times to end birthright citizenship, but those challenges have been rejected by courts, including the Supreme Court.
    Matthew Lee, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026

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“Jurists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jurists. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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