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Trump said March 18 on social media that a federal judge who ruled against him in an immigration case should be impeached, drawing a rare rebuke from Roberts, the chief justice of the United States and another Bush appointee.
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Zac Anderson, USA Today, 26 May 2025
The chief justice oversees the state’s court system and has broad powers over administrative matters.
—Mary Spicuzza, jsonline.com, 8 July 2025
The Taft house, located at 2038 Auburn Ave. in Mount Auburn, is the birthplace and boyhood home of the man who served as the nation's 27th president and 10th U.S. Supreme Court chief justice.
—Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Within weeks of the conclusion of the assault, which became known as the Yom Kippur War, a state commission of inquiry, led by the then chief justice of Israel’s Supreme Court, Shimon Agranat, questioned witnesses about the miscalculations and oversights that led to the crisis.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 22 June 2025
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Zac Anderson, USA Today, 26 May 2025
The chief justice oversees the state’s court system and has broad powers over administrative matters.
—Mary Spicuzza, jsonline.com, 8 July 2025
The Taft house, located at 2038 Auburn Ave. in Mount Auburn, is the birthplace and boyhood home of the man who served as the nation's 27th president and 10th U.S. Supreme Court chief justice.
—Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Within weeks of the conclusion of the assault, which became known as the Yom Kippur War, a state commission of inquiry, led by the then chief justice of Israel’s Supreme Court, Shimon Agranat, questioned witnesses about the miscalculations and oversights that led to the crisis.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 22 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chief justice
circuit judge
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As McLaughlin’s execution date approached, Wolff and six retired circuit judges wrote to then-Gov. Mike Parson, urging him to commute McLaughlin’s sentence to life without parole.—
Katie Moore,
Kansas City Star,
26 June 2025
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He was appointed to the position by Arkansas Gov. Sarah Sanders in November to replace Matt Durrett, who ran unopposed for a circuit judge position in March 2024.—
Miceala Morano,
Arkansas Online,
18 June 2025
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