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Recent Examples of kangaroo court
The report was simply a kangaroo court that already knew its conclusions before the first witness was called.
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IEEE Spectrum, 31 Mar. 2024
After weeks of innuendos and show hearings, Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee have finally released the actual impeachment resolution against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, ahead of a hearing today in this kangaroo court.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2024
Hunter was credited with starting the Orioles’ kangaroo court.
—Paul McCardell, Baltimore Sun, 17 Jan. 2024
Which seems an odd determination from a court of inquiry about the shipboard officers’ council, which was fairly clearly a kangaroo court.
—Howard Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
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IEEE Spectrum, 31 Mar. 2024
After weeks of innuendos and show hearings, Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee have finally released the actual impeachment resolution against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, ahead of a hearing today in this kangaroo court.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2024
Hunter was credited with starting the Orioles’ kangaroo court.
—Paul McCardell, Baltimore Sun, 17 Jan. 2024
Which seems an odd determination from a court of inquiry about the shipboard officers’ council, which was fairly clearly a kangaroo court.
—Howard Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kangaroo court
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The high court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, has given a series of green lights to the White House without full hearings or any explanation of its reasoning, as is typical on the court’s emergency docket, also known as the shadow or interim docket.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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In 2020, for example, the state's high court extended the mail-in ballot deadline, allowing thousands more ballots to be counted in that year's presidential race.—
Emily Chang,
ABC News,
8 Oct. 2025
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In those states, litigants appeal directly to the state supreme court.—
Chris Ramirez,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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As of Friday afternoon, a review of the case’s docket did not indicate that the department had appealed the case to the state supreme court.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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When the criminal court jury returned its verdict, handing Mayers a resounding victory, the rapper and actor dove over a waist-high courtroom barrier to embrace Rihanna, who was seated in the front row.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
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The pool of money comes from fines and penalties collected in federal criminal court cases.—
Drake Bentley,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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By the time Ono came before his second trial by inquisition, this one at the hands of the governors of the State University System, the counterassault was well and truly underway.—
Ron Cunningham,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 June 2025
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Biden's physical and mental decline in office and its cover up by those around him is a legitimate scandal worthy of inquisition.—
Carlo Versano,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 May 2025
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The ensign, who had neglected to check the tides before entering the harbor, immediately reported his failure to his superiors, who fired him and hauled him before a court-martial.—
Davis Winkie,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
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Pedro Angel Ruiz, 29, faces a court-martial.—
Dennis Romero,
NBC news,
27 Aug. 2025
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And men like Lang Long, a Cambodian who was trafficked and sold into the Thai fishing industry, are modern-day Billy Budds in a system that lacks even the rough justice of a drumhead court-martial.—
Alyssa Rosenberg,
Washington Post,
12 Sep. 2019
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“Kangaroo court.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kangaroo%20court. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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