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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
Nonetheless, those losses could mean an uphill fight for his administration even in front of the justices, who have so far sided with the president on many legal challenges to his effort to remake the government.
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Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2025
The federal government argued that the lower courts were circumventing the power of the justices and improperly limiting the authority of the Department of Homeland Security.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2025
In May, the justices lifted a California federal judge's temporary order, keeping the program in place while the case is litigated.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
On Thursday, seven justices signed an order denying a rehearing.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Constitutional revolution Until just a few years ago, the majority of justices would have agreed that the proper way to read the Constitution was as an evolving document, an approach usually described as living constitutionalism.
—Morgan Marietta, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
But justices put the Federal Reserve in a special category.
—Scott Horsley, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
More than a dozen former Fed chairs, Treasury Department secretaries and top White House economists spanning both Democratic and Republican administrations had also asked the justices in a friend-of-the-court brief to let Cook stay on the central bank’s governing board.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 1 Oct. 2025
The Salvadoran legislature, dominated by the president’s ruling coalition, removed five Supreme Court justices and the attorney general.
—T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 30 Sep. 2025
Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2025
The federal government argued that the lower courts were circumventing the power of the justices and improperly limiting the authority of the Department of Homeland Security.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2025
In May, the justices lifted a California federal judge's temporary order, keeping the program in place while the case is litigated.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
On Thursday, seven justices signed an order denying a rehearing.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Constitutional revolution Until just a few years ago, the majority of justices would have agreed that the proper way to read the Constitution was as an evolving document, an approach usually described as living constitutionalism.
—Morgan Marietta, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
But justices put the Federal Reserve in a special category.
—Scott Horsley, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
More than a dozen former Fed chairs, Treasury Department secretaries and top White House economists spanning both Democratic and Republican administrations had also asked the justices in a friend-of-the-court brief to let Cook stay on the central bank’s governing board.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 1 Oct. 2025
The Salvadoran legislature, dominated by the president’s ruling coalition, removed five Supreme Court justices and the attorney general.
—T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 30 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for justices
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Rings will be awarded to 25 creators chosen by a panel of judges that includes company head Adam Mosseri, filmmaker Spike Lee, YouTuber Marques Brownlee (aka MKBHD), and rugby star Ilona Maher, among others.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
7 Oct. 2025
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The incident has sparked debate on social media, along with broader discussions about the climate of hostility toward judges.—
Alia Shoaib,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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Prosecutors appealed the ruling, and a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit — which oversees lower courts in Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana — affirmed the decision, 2-1, in June 2017, a further win for Dassey.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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While the Oscar winner officially filed for divorce in Nashville courts on Tuesday, news of their separation came to light the day prior.—
Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
1 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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The rare move highlighted the administration's combative stance toward jurists who impeded its immigration policies.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Justices.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/justices. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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