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the highest court of law in a country or U.S. state
Supreme Court justices
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The rise came after the state's supreme court put the state on notice and imposed a $100,000-a-day fine to ensure better funding and support for public schools.
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 28 Apr. 2026
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
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
Every statewide officeholder and most state judges, including those on the state supreme court, are Democrats.
—Will Swaim, Oc Register, 6 Apr. 2026
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 28 Apr. 2026
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
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
Every statewide officeholder and most state judges, including those on the state supreme court, are Democrats.
—Will Swaim, Oc Register, 6 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supreme court
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The Georgia Democrat pointed to changes to the Voting Rights Act in recent decades, including when the high court in 2013 struck down a formula for states to get preclearance from the federal government before instituting voting procedure changes under Section 5.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
3 May 2026
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The high court’s decision narrowed the scope of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, ruling that congressional district boundaries that rely too much on race are unconstitutional.—
Jeffrey Schweers,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 May 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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This may explain why Suzanna’s mother is a somewhat indistinct presence in the novel (at least compared with fierce Sylvie)—patient, even serene behind bars, more eager to talk about her daughter’s future than about her own future, let alone her troubled past.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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In a shocking reversal, Muirhead ended up working with police to get Alexander behind bars.—
Jessica Sager,
PEOPLE,
3 May 2026
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