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Promotion halted: Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin has blocked the promotion of a general who oversaw troops in Afghanistan during the U.S. withdrawal, as Trump’s transition team weighs possible court-martial proceedings.
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Abby Vervaeke, NBC News, 24 Nov. 2024
McCaskill stated in her email to Dateline that this is required before charges can be referred for trial by general court-martial.
—Anna Turning, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
This hearing will determine whether there is sufficient evidence to proceed with a court-martial in his case.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
If the judge does not accept the guilty plea, the judge can rule that the case be litigated in a contested court-martial.
—Luis Martinez, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2024
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Abby Vervaeke, NBC News, 24 Nov. 2024
McCaskill stated in her email to Dateline that this is required before charges can be referred for trial by general court-martial.
—Anna Turning, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
This hearing will determine whether there is sufficient evidence to proceed with a court-martial in his case.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
If the judge does not accept the guilty plea, the judge can rule that the case be litigated in a contested court-martial.
—Luis Martinez, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2024
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Still, the state supreme court this month ruled his attorneys had failed to prove that anything has changed since the inmate was deemed competent.Dakin Andone, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
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Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a Hawaii man's appeal of his prosecution for carrying a handgun without a license, leaving untouched a state supreme court decision that castigated its new framework for determining whether gun laws comport with the Second Amendment.Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 9 Dec. 2024
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The high court ruled in that federal case that a federal civil lawsuit dealing with a sitting president's unofficial conduct could go forward during that presidency.Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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Alito was also referring to a similar case involving the prestigious Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Northern Virginia that the high court declined to take in February.Justin Jouvenal and Ann E. Marimow The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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Lost during last week’s inquisition into the Hail Mary and botched fullback dive was a careful examination of more macro issues the Bears are dealing with.Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2024
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Her dark comedy The Antipodes imagines a writers’ room as an extractive inquisition with men demanding everyone spin their most personal confessions into content while munching on takeout and sipping LaCroix.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 June 2024
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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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Hunter was credited with starting the Orioles’ kangaroo court.Paul McCardell, Baltimore Sun, 17 Jan. 2024
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Donald Trump appointed only two Black women to the federal judiciary during his first term.Melissa Noel, Essence, 13 Dec. 2024
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Workplace shooting:Shooting at Texas USPS facility leaves 1 dead; suspect and victim were reportedly co-workers 'Whatever is necessary to protect the judiciary' The judge was not seriously injured, court officials previously reported.Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
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Military trials: Instead of civilian courts, military tribunals may handle legal matters, including criminal cases, especially for those accused of disrupting public order.Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 4 Dec. 2024
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Beginning in 1941 in the then-territory, courts were replaced by military tribunals, strict curfews were enforced and people were even banned from photographing coastal areas.Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2024
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