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Between the late 1990s and early 2000s, Khamenei relied on the Expediency Discernment Council to reduce the powers of the reformist-majority parliament and pressure it to approve the chief justice’s six appointees to the Guardian Council.
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Eric Lob, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2026
In 2022, as chief justice, Robinson led a panel of justices that heard argument and issued a decision the first time the CCP litigation reached the high court.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2026
Democrats said the changes to House Bill 1033, approved 59-27, takes away several organizations' votes on the existing judicial selection committee and gives them to the governor and chief justice of the Indiana Supreme Court.
—Kaitlin Lange, IndyStar, 27 Feb. 2026
Another Republican, the chief justice, actually wrote the majority opinion.
—Tom Campbell, Oc Register, 22 Feb. 2026
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Eric Lob, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2026
In 2022, as chief justice, Robinson led a panel of justices that heard argument and issued a decision the first time the CCP litigation reached the high court.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2026
Democrats said the changes to House Bill 1033, approved 59-27, takes away several organizations' votes on the existing judicial selection committee and gives them to the governor and chief justice of the Indiana Supreme Court.
—Kaitlin Lange, IndyStar, 27 Feb. 2026
Another Republican, the chief justice, actually wrote the majority opinion.
—Tom Campbell, Oc Register, 22 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chief justice
Noun
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Someone who has pondered such niceties is Richard Posner, a former circuit judge and a prolific legal scholar.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2026
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The new documents, released after a circuit judge’s order in the case, show a coordinated effort by state and federal agencies to avoid triggering a need for an environmental review.—
Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
3 Mar. 2026
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Their wedding ceremony was to be a very private stand-up event with a justice of the peace, and then off to the first day of class.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Mar. 2026
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Vaz Rosa, who has no prior criminal history, turned herself in to police on Wednesday, March 4, was arraigned before a justice of the peace and released, Benson said.—
Mark Reynolds,
The Providence Journal,
5 Mar. 2026
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