How to Use high court in a Sentence

high court

noun
  • The sudden shift in the makeup of the high court opened the floodgates in state legislatures.
    Anchorage Daily News, 8 May 2022
  • In order to remove her name from the list, Baloch will need to appeal through order of a high court—a process that can take time.
    Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Here’s a look at the case and the extraordinary breach of the high court’s behind-the-scenes deliberations.
    Brent Kendall, WSJ, 4 May 2022
  • The high court’s decision was not expected to be released until June, or possibly July, before its session ends.
    Connor Sanders, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 May 2022
  • But the high court didn't rule on the merits of the case.
    Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 28 Mar. 2024
  • If the high court strikes down Biden's plan, what next?
    Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2023
  • That lawsuit went to the high court, which upheld the law in 2021.
    Stephanie Armour, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2022
  • The case was appealed again and will now be heard in the high court.
    Devika Rao, The Week, 1 Oct. 2022
  • Those concerns were not enough to sway the state’s high court.
    Jenna Russell, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The high court is expected to take up the case in March or April.
    Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 15 Jan. 2024
  • The high court had blocked the law from taking effect by a 5-4 vote.
    David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The appeal sought for the high court to order Judge Hall to dismiss the case.
    Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 10 Feb. 2023
  • The polls also showed that support for the high court is on the decline.
    Rylee Wilson, Dallas News, 29 June 2022
  • Roberts was, at the time, four years into what is now a 17-year tenure on the high court.
    Matt Ford, The New Republic, 20 Oct. 2022
  • The high court has not yet issued its decision in the case.
    Emma Bubola, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2024
  • From time to time, there have been demands for reform of the high court, Graber said.
    Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Fischer asked the state’s high court to review the case.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The high court declined the request, leaving the matter with the appeals court.
    Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 7 Feb. 2024
  • A decade later, the Sacketts are back before the high court.
    Time, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The high court could agree to hear the case, or let the lower court's ruling stand as the final word on the issue.
    Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Backers of the reforms have long accused the high court of overreach and elitism.
    Hadas Gold, CNN, 20 Jan. 2023
  • In short: The idea of ethics reform for the high court has penetrated the zeitgeist.
    Simon Lazarus, The New Republic, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Evans, who is Black, would be the first openly lesbian woman on the high court.
    Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2022
  • The range of potential decisions by the high court is vast.
    Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 6 Feb. 2024
  • But the justices were fractured as to how far the high court should go with deciding the case.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 3 July 2024
  • The high court in August put the deal on hold to consider the 2nd Circuit’s ruling.
    David Ovalle, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
  • The order, issued Tuesday, means the case will go straight to the high court, skipping the lengthy Court of Appeals process.
    Dianne Gallagher, CNN, 14 Aug. 2024
  • That case was only decided six years ago, but the high court, alas, is much changed.
    Michael Li, The New Republic, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The high court ruled that states could not ban sacrilegious films.
    Kristina M. Lee, The Conversation, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Chutkan must decide how to square the blockbuster high court ruling with the allegations about Trump's conduct in the case.
    April Rubin, Axios, 18 Oct. 2024

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