justice of the peace

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Noun
  • Griffen was reelected without opposition in 2000 but lost to Rita Gruber, a Pulaski County circuit judge, in 2008.
    Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 14 May 2025
  • Her position was cited and quoted by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg when the Supreme Court ruled against VMI — bringing a jolt of energy and confidence to the new circuit judge.
    Luke Parker, Baltimore Sun, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • The Florida signers include former ABA president Martha Barnett and two retired state Supreme Court chief justices, Barbara Pariente and Peggy Quince. Barnett and Quince are board members of Lawyers Defending American Democracy, which filed the complaint.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 7 June 2025
  • Among them is a new chief justice, Hugo Aguilar, who would become the country’s first top jurist of Indigenous origin since the legendary Benito Juárez, who also served as president, more than a century and a half ago.
    Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025
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