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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.
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Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 13 Dec. 2024
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
The president has the power to grant clemency only for federal offenses, not state or local ones, and may pardon someone convicted in a U.S. District Court, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia or a military court-martial.
—Joedy McCreary, Austin American-Statesman, 7 Dec. 2024
The president has the power to grant clemency only for federal offenses – but not state or local ones – and may pardon someone convicted in a U.S. district court, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia or a military court-martial.
—Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
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Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 13 Dec. 2024
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
The president has the power to grant clemency only for federal offenses, not state or local ones, and may pardon someone convicted in a U.S. District Court, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia or a military court-martial.
—Joedy McCreary, Austin American-Statesman, 7 Dec. 2024
The president has the power to grant clemency only for federal offenses – but not state or local ones – and may pardon someone convicted in a U.S. district court, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia or a military court-martial.
—Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for court-martial
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The Wisconsin supreme court ruled that Act 10 was constitutional in 2014.—
The Editors,
National Review,
25 Feb. 2025
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In Texas, the state supreme court recently heard arguments in a similar case.—
Sarah Matusek,
The Christian Science Monitor,
30 Jan. 2025
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Catch up quick: The high court agreed to take up a challenge from Kaley Chiles, a Christian counselor, who argued Colorado's restriction against licensed mental health professionals engaging in conversion therapy for minors violates her free speech rights.—
Avery Lotz,
Axios,
10 Mar. 2025
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Their perspective is likely to land once again in front of the high court in the wake of the new lawsuits surrounding firings of independent agency heads and mass firings of other federal workers.—
Ashley Oliver,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
6 Mar. 2025
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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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Each of them struggles with their foreign agent status, hiring lawyers to represent them in kangaroo courts where the verdict has been pre-determined.—
Jordan Mintzer,
The Hollywood Reporter,
24 Feb. 2025
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The kangaroo court elevated Indiana and BYU past Tennessee this week despite the Vols winning comfortably against Mississippi State and the Hoosiers and Cougars gutting out close wins against unranked opponents on the road.—
Blake Toppmeyer,
The Tennessean,
14 Nov. 2024
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Read more Donald Trump suffers legal setback over transgender order Donald Trump's multiple legal setbacks Donald Trump suffers triple legal blow in just 90 minutes Who will win In Donald Trump and judiciary's power battle?—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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But the clerk in Alaska never used the judiciary's internal system to report the judge.—
Carrie Johnson,
NPR,
1 Mar. 2025
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On Friday night, the Premier League released a statement in response to the arbitration tribunal’s ruling.—
Dan Sheldon,
The Athletic,
15 Feb. 2025
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The case will play out in court in April during a tribunal at the Intellectual Property Office.—
George Nelson for ArtNews,
Robb Report,
12 Feb. 2025
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