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Suspicious of Dreyfus as a Jew and as an outsider from the École polytechnique, unsavoury army officers secretly arrested him, brought in some forensic experts with dubious theories and convicted him of treason in a court-martial.
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Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 13 Dec. 2024
The same year that the men demanded timely wages, Mathew reported on a court-martial involving a corps member serving in Grenada.
—Kinsey Gidick, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
The president has the power to grant clemency only for federal offenses, not state or local ones, and may pardon someone convicted in a U.S. District Court, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia or a military court-martial.
—Joedy McCreary, Austin American-Statesman, 7 Dec. 2024
The president has the power to grant clemency only for federal offenses – but not state or local ones – and may pardon someone convicted in a U.S. district court, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia or a military court-martial.
—Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
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Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 13 Dec. 2024
The same year that the men demanded timely wages, Mathew reported on a court-martial involving a corps member serving in Grenada.
—Kinsey Gidick, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
The president has the power to grant clemency only for federal offenses, not state or local ones, and may pardon someone convicted in a U.S. District Court, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia or a military court-martial.
—Joedy McCreary, Austin American-Statesman, 7 Dec. 2024
The president has the power to grant clemency only for federal offenses – but not state or local ones – and may pardon someone convicted in a U.S. district court, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia or a military court-martial.
—Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for court-martial
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As the supreme court has recognized, public school officials have both the authority and obligation to provide a safe learning environment for all students, which is what the school did in this case.—
Lauren Green,
Fox News,
28 Jan. 2025
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State supreme court races have increasingly received more attention and spending in recent years, and the three justices help make up the 5-2 Democratic majority in Pennsylvania.—
Jared Gans,
The Hill,
26 Dec. 2024
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The high court recognized another exception in 1988, which applies to certain inferior officers who have limited duties and lack policymaking or significant administrative authority.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
17 Feb. 2025
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But when that might happen is up in the air, hinging on the high court’s discretion on whether to review the case, and local prosecutors’ ultimate decision on whether to pursue a second trial.—
Robert Salonga,
The Mercury News,
12 Feb. 2025
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Movies At Telluride, ‘Conclave’ pleases, even if other Oscar hopefuls aren’t ready for prime time Sept. 1, 2024 Early on, Callas parried these inquisitions with humor.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Nov. 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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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
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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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Other business leaders have also criticized the Delaware judiciary.—
Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
18 Feb. 2025
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And that is exactly what the federal judiciary is trying to do now.—
Mattathias Schwartz,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2025
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And yet, in our own land and under our own flag, the writer can give day and detail of one thousand men, women, and children who during the last six years were put to death without trial before any tribunal on earth.—
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Feb. 2025
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In a dispute brought by the Philippines, an international tribunal in The Hague said in 2016 that Beijing’s South China Sea claims were invalid, a ruling that China has never accepted.—
Jennifer Jett,
NBC News,
19 Feb. 2025
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