high court

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Recent Examples of high court Those rulings will typically put a policy on hold or keep it in place while litigation moves forward in lower courts, which means the high court could still issue rulings on it again in the future. Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025 The American Civil Liberties Union filed a nationwide class-action lawsuit to halt Trump's birthright order in the wake of the high court's decision. Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 28 June 2025 The high court, however, stopped short of ruling on the constitutionality of the controversial order itself. Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 27 June 2025 In 2020, the high court ruled that Muslim men who claimed their religious rights were violated for being placed on the government’s no-fly list after refusing to serve as FBI informants could sue the FBI agents for damages. Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 24 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for high court
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Noun
  • The recent intervention by Elon Musk in Wisconsin’s state supreme court election indicated the voting public does not always respond well to billionaires using their money to sway races.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 26 June 2025
  • But Gregory Garre, who defended the state supreme court's ruling rejecting the Catholic charter, pointed to landmark rulings against teaching religion in public schools.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • In the end, the Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court's issuance of the motion to compel, as well as its rejection of the motions to quash and for a protective order.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
  • The trial court case was decided by U.S District Judge Charles R. Breyer, appointed by former President Bill Clinton.
    John Woolfolk, Mercury News, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • This would be lawless, since the United States has refused to join the tribunal, and Netanyahu is not accused of committing any crimes here.
    Eugene Kontorovich, National Review, 3 July 2025
  • The tribunal has so far issued three arrest warrants for Hasina, including charges of crimes against humanity linked to the July violence.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 2 July 2025

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“High court.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20court. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.

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