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Those rulings will typically put a policy on hold or keep it in place while litigation moves forward in lower courts, which means the high court could still issue rulings on it again in the future.
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Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a nationwide class-action lawsuit to halt Trump's birthright order in the wake of the high court's decision.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 28 June 2025
The high court, however, stopped short of ruling on the constitutionality of the controversial order itself.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 27 June 2025
In 2020, the high court ruled that Muslim men who claimed their religious rights were violated for being placed on the government’s no-fly list after refusing to serve as FBI informants could sue the FBI agents for damages.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 24 June 2025
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Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a nationwide class-action lawsuit to halt Trump's birthright order in the wake of the high court's decision.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 28 June 2025
The high court, however, stopped short of ruling on the constitutionality of the controversial order itself.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 27 June 2025
In 2020, the high court ruled that Muslim men who claimed their religious rights were violated for being placed on the government’s no-fly list after refusing to serve as FBI informants could sue the FBI agents for damages.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 24 June 2025
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These are just some of the hundreds of civilian opposition actors to face military courts in Uganda, even though the country’s supreme court has ruled it unconstitutional.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Twin Cities,
20 June 2025
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The nonprofit says that the previous record for spending in a state supreme court race was in Wisconsin's 2023 state supreme court election, when $56 million was spent.—
Oren Oppenheim,
ABC News,
31 Mar. 2025
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The court found, as did the trial court, that even without the confession prosecutors had enough other evidence to support the guilty verdict.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
8 July 2025
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McKay, convicted in 1982 of felony murder, had filed with the Memphis trial court a petition to present new facts or evidence that were not presented at his trial.—
Evan Mealins,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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This would be lawless, since the United States has refused to join the tribunal, and Netanyahu is not accused of committing any crimes here.—
Eugene Kontorovich,
National Review,
3 July 2025
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The tribunal has so far issued three arrest warrants for Hasina, including charges of crimes against humanity linked to the July violence.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
2 July 2025
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“High court.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20court. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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