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Noun
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Under the federal constitution, states and their supreme courts are the ultimate judges of state law.—
Noah Feldman,
Mercury News,
15 May 2026 -
Under the federal constitution, states and their supreme courts are the ultimate judges of state law.—
Noah Feldman,
Twin Cities,
14 May 2026
Noun
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Conservative influencers are pushing for a return to the dark days of 1950s inquisitions.—
Ali Breland,
The Atlantic,
6 Mar. 2026
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McCullum generally leaves in-match inquisitions to his loyal lieutenants, Marcus Trescothick and Jeetan Patel.—
Paul Newman,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Located just 2 miles away from the former insurance building that housed the residual mechanism, the ICC was set up as a permanent, global court to prosecute humanity’s worst crimes and forestall the need to create ad hoc tribunals for every conflict.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 May 2026
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But through a series of deft legal maneuvers—joined to the ever more ambitious self-concepts of some international legal tribunals—Mauritius was able to win a second legal victory at another international tribunal, for the law of the sea.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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They were also meant to help enable independent and corruption-free judiciaries in many countries, including Venezuela.—
Shelley Inglis,
The Conversation,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Courts-martial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/courts-martial. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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