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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
While the Supreme Court currently has four Capitol Police officers who work with local law enforcement to ensure the safety of the justices and consult with local courthouses and judges on increasing their own security.
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Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Most justices serve at least 20 years and many serve 30 years or more; no new justices joined the court at all between 1994 and 2005.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
The Supreme Court has closed its building to the public, although the justices will continue hearing cases.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
The landmark 2022 ruling led to a cascade of challenges to firearm laws around the country, though the justices have since upheld a different federal law intended to protect victims of domestic violence by barring guns from people under restraining orders.
—Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
The Supreme Court’s decision to hear the case marks the second major gun case the justices have decided to take up this term.
—Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 20 Oct. 2025
When Kavanaugh issued his opinion that immigration agents can consider race and other factors, the Supreme Court’s three liberal justices strongly dissented.
—Nicole Foy, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
The justices will listen to oral arguments on whether states can ever consider race in drawing new districts while seeking to comply with Section 2 of the law.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2025
Five conservative justices, a majority of the court, have raised concerns in the past about nationwide, or universal, injunctions.
—Mark Sherman and Lindsay Whitehurst, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025
Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Most justices serve at least 20 years and many serve 30 years or more; no new justices joined the court at all between 1994 and 2005.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
The Supreme Court has closed its building to the public, although the justices will continue hearing cases.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
The landmark 2022 ruling led to a cascade of challenges to firearm laws around the country, though the justices have since upheld a different federal law intended to protect victims of domestic violence by barring guns from people under restraining orders.
—Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
The Supreme Court’s decision to hear the case marks the second major gun case the justices have decided to take up this term.
—Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 20 Oct. 2025
When Kavanaugh issued his opinion that immigration agents can consider race and other factors, the Supreme Court’s three liberal justices strongly dissented.
—Nicole Foy, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
The justices will listen to oral arguments on whether states can ever consider race in drawing new districts while seeking to comply with Section 2 of the law.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2025
Five conservative justices, a majority of the court, have raised concerns in the past about nationwide, or universal, injunctions.
—Mark Sherman and Lindsay Whitehurst, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for justices
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Since there was no elimination last week, viewer votes from Dedication Night and Wicked Night were combined with the judges’ scores from both nights to determine the couple sent home.—
Brianne Tracy,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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Before the judges revealed their scores, Leavitt told cohost Julianne Hough that her sole goal in week 6 was to redeem her week 5 stumble during a soulful contemporary routine dedicated to her husband.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Oct. 2025
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The outcome of the appeal will determine whether the Chicago ruling becomes a regional anomaly or a national precedent for holding federal immigration officers personally accountable to the courts.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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What happens in Ohio may shape how courts, businesses and individuals across the country decide to manage their connection to AI in the years ahead.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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The Bonhoeffers constituted a long line of pastors, doctors, scientists, and jurists.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
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The integrity of our system of justice and the judicial system is based on the trust that people place in the jurists that populate that branch, the third branch of government.—
John E. Jones III,
The Conversation,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Justices.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/justices. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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