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Noun
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In the weeks since the Federal Bureau of Investigation raided an elections facility in Fulton County, Georgia, local and federal officials have clashed over the process and legality of the raid.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
10 Feb. 2026 -
The legality of the strikes has come under intense scrutiny as the administration has publicly presented little evidence that those killed in the ongoing operations are affiliates of drug cartels or that each of the vessels had drugs on board.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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The case rendered the law temporarily moribund, a discredited artifact whose future use would require a complete rehabilitation of its legitimacy.—
Evandro Cruz Silva,
The Dial,
10 Feb. 2026
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Conversations around reparations in the United States are not new, nor are conversations about the legitimacy of Puerto Rico being its own country, separate of American influence and control.—
Taylor Crumpton,
Time,
10 Feb. 2026
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The petitions are not contesting removal orders, only the lawfulness of detaining the noncitizen plaintiffs during those proceedings.—
Tasha Carvell,
Twin Cities,
3 Feb. 2026
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The lawfulness of an order would be determined by a military judge.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Permissibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/permissibility. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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