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The high court’s decision set off a scramble to change the maps before the 2026 midterm elections that will determine control of the House, which is narrowly led by Republicans.
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Bart Jansen, USA Today, 1 May 2026
Now that the high court's conservative majority has reinterpreted longstanding provisions against racial discrimination under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, Republican calls for new rounds of map drawing for the House of Representatives have already begun.
—Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 30 Apr. 2026
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
In 1932, in the case of Powell v. Alabama, the nation’s high court overturned the convictions on the grounds of inadequate legal representation.
—Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Apr. 2026
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Bart Jansen, USA Today, 1 May 2026
Now that the high court's conservative majority has reinterpreted longstanding provisions against racial discrimination under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, Republican calls for new rounds of map drawing for the House of Representatives have already begun.
—Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 30 Apr. 2026
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
In 1932, in the case of Powell v. Alabama, the nation’s high court overturned the convictions on the grounds of inadequate legal representation.
—Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for high court
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Other impacts There could be ramifications sooner than 2028 for state legislative maps that include state house, state senate and state supreme court districts, potentially impacting who voters -- including minority voters -- are represented by in their statehouses and state courts.—
Oren Oppenheim,
ABC News,
1 May 2026
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The state supreme court's decision, however, did not hinge on SB21.—
Garrett Downs,
CNBC,
1 May 2026
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The trial court dismissed the case, and a federal appeals court upheld the decision.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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In oral arguments on Thursday, his attorney Jennifer Bonjean argued that the trial court improperly withheld salacious Facebook messages between the victim and Pascal Vicedomini, the proprietor of an Italian film festival.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2026
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The accusations paralleled those against Crasso in the Vatican tribunal.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
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The wounds and humiliations of private life can rarely be redressed by law; literature offers a parallel tribunal in which those hurts are litigated and, if possible, imaginatively overcome.—
Charlie Tyson,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
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“High court.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20court. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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