as in judges
a public official having authority to decide questions of law
a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
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Recent Examples of justices
In the birthright citizenship decision, what the justices are looking at is the language of the Constitutional Amendment creating birthright citizenship, how it's been interpreted, and including a law that codified that amendment.
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Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
Labarga is the last of four justices appointed by Crist who sought to balance the court philosophically.
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Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 June 2026
The decision drew a dissent from the court’s three liberal justices, who said TPS holders should not be forced to return to dangerous conditions while their legal challenges continue.
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Vera Lucia Pappaterra,
Miami Herald,
26 June 2026
The justices split over whether this was a simple dispute over legal wording or a moral question involving desperate families.
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Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2026
The case will be another key test for religious liberty, which could make its way up to the Supreme Court, where religious liberty cases have been a frequent issue before the justices in recent terms.
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Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
19 June 2026
The justices agreed with that decision.
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Devin Dwyer,
ABC News,
18 June 2026
The ruling from the Supreme Court is narrow, since the justices did not strike down the law at the center of the case in its entirety.
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Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court justices ruled in favor of a Texas man who was barred from owning guns over marijuana use.
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Alexx Altman-Devilbiss,
Baltimore Sun,
18 June 2026
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
Labarga is the last of four justices appointed by Crist who sought to balance the court philosophically.
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Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 June 2026
The decision drew a dissent from the court’s three liberal justices, who said TPS holders should not be forced to return to dangerous conditions while their legal challenges continue.
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Vera Lucia Pappaterra,
Miami Herald,
26 June 2026
The justices split over whether this was a simple dispute over legal wording or a moral question involving desperate families.
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Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2026
The case will be another key test for religious liberty, which could make its way up to the Supreme Court, where religious liberty cases have been a frequent issue before the justices in recent terms.
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Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
19 June 2026
The justices agreed with that decision.
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Devin Dwyer,
ABC News,
18 June 2026
The ruling from the Supreme Court is narrow, since the justices did not strike down the law at the center of the case in its entirety.
—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court justices ruled in favor of a Texas man who was barred from owning guns over marijuana use.
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Alexx Altman-Devilbiss,
Baltimore Sun,
18 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for justices
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Most of the judges were Kansas City Barbecue Society-certified, and the competition used a blind judging process to determine the winners.
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The president has harshly criticized judges who have ruled against him, and his administration has sometimes defied their orders.
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Assembly Bill 46, carried by Assemblymember Stephanie Nguyen, D-Elk Grove, removes a legal standard that restricted courts’ ability to deny diversion.
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Walton had found his calling in the courts and lawyers, then as now, often dabbled in politics.
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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.
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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.
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