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Recent Examples of kangaroo court
Each of them struggles with their foreign agent status, hiring lawyers to represent them in kangaroo courts where the verdict has been pre-determined.
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Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2025
The kangaroo court elevated Indiana and BYU past Tennessee this week despite the Vols winning comfortably against Mississippi State and the Hoosiers and Cougars gutting out close wins against unranked opponents on the road.
—Blake Toppmeyer, The Tennessean, 14 Nov. 2024
The report was simply a kangaroo court that already knew its conclusions before the first witness was called.
—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
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Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2025
The kangaroo court elevated Indiana and BYU past Tennessee this week despite the Vols winning comfortably against Mississippi State and the Hoosiers and Cougars gutting out close wins against unranked opponents on the road.
—Blake Toppmeyer, The Tennessean, 14 Nov. 2024
The report was simply a kangaroo court that already knew its conclusions before the first witness was called.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kangaroo court
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Yet even a disappointing ruling at the high court doesn’t mean the MAHA movement is defeated or should completely go scorched earth on the administration.—
Mabinty Quarshie,
The Washington Examiner,
26 Apr. 2026
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The high court's last major Fourth Amendment case eight years ago dealt with the privacy of location data, but that was after a suspect was identified rather than while still searching for a suspect.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2026
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Wednesday’s ruling stopping certification came from a separate case that Republicans filed with the same lower court judge, whose initial ruling against the initiative was put on hold by the state supreme court.—
Nicholas Riccardi,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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The Italian diaspora continued the fight against the government’s restrictions on citizenship by descent this week, as three cases were scrutinized by Italy’s supreme court.—
Julia Buckley,
CNN Money,
16 Apr. 2026
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An Alford plea allows defendants in criminal court cases to maintain their innocence in relation to an alleged crime, while simultaneously agreeing to plead guilty, according to the United States Department of Justice.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
22 Apr. 2026
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Seeking a quick trial, D4vd entered a not guilty plea today in a brief appearance in criminal court in downtown LA.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
20 Apr. 2026
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An inquisition of potbellied priests stood at the side of the road.—
Douglas Stuart,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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Obviously, your enterprise risk assessments will come into play to determine the exact nature of the threat to your organization, but when the zero-day inquisition comes with a Common Vulnerability Scoring System severity rating of 9.1 out of 10, the necessity for urgent assessment increases.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2026
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The Pentagon opened an investigation of Kelly in late November, citing a federal law that allows retired service members to be recalled to active duty on orders of the defense secretary for possible court-martial or other punishment.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
12 Jan. 2026
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The Pentagon opened an investigation of Kelly in late November, citing a federal law that allows retired service members to be recalled to active duty on orders of the Defense secretary for possible court-martial or other punishment.—
Michael Kunzelman,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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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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