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Recent Examples of kangaroo court
Bunker said the ordeal felt like a kangaroo court and that the committee had made up their minds before the hearing even began.
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Andrea Mew, National Review, 20 Dec. 2023
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson called a parliamentary committee investigating him a kangaroo court.
—Max Colchester, WSJ, 9 June 2023
The mayor set up a kangaroo court in the station.
—David A. Taylor, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2021
Frank’s arrest and kangaroo court trial occupy much of the musical’s two and a half hours; note is taken in passing of a campaign by a small army of outsiders — Thomas Edison and Henry Ford among them — to win Frank’s release.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2023
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Andrea Mew, National Review, 20 Dec. 2023
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson called a parliamentary committee investigating him a kangaroo court.
—Max Colchester, WSJ, 9 June 2023
The mayor set up a kangaroo court in the station.
—David A. Taylor, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2021
Frank’s arrest and kangaroo court trial occupy much of the musical’s two and a half hours; note is taken in passing of a campaign by a small army of outsiders — Thomas Edison and Henry Ford among them — to win Frank’s release.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2023
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TikTok is represented before the high court by Noel Francisco, who served as solicitor general during Trump's first term.Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2024
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The nonprofit regularly brings religion cases before the high court and has won eight cases since 2012.Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 13 Dec. 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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There is still much work to be done in criminal court, and our office will continue to diligently prosecute cases with integrity, fairness, and commitment to the rule of law.Charmaine Patterson, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
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His arraignment was pending in Brooklyn criminal court.Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 18 Dec. 2024
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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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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.Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 13 Dec. 2024
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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
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“Kangaroo court.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kangaroo%20court. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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