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During his decades in the spotlight, Trump has been a serial litigant against news outlets.
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New York Times, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2025
To challenge the pardons in court, litigants must demonstrate legal standing, which requires a unique, concrete, particularized injury that is actual or imminent.
—Robert A. Levy, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Gag orders issued by judges usually bar an individual — whether an attorney, witness or litigant — from making public comments on an ongoing case, usually with the aim to preserve neutrality in the proceedings.
—Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 1 Oct. 2024
The controversial decision allows litigants to block restoration projects by requiring duplicative analysis at both the project level and the forest plan level any time new information emerges about an endangered or threatened species in that forest.
—Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
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New York Times, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2025
To challenge the pardons in court, litigants must demonstrate legal standing, which requires a unique, concrete, particularized injury that is actual or imminent.
—Robert A. Levy, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Gag orders issued by judges usually bar an individual — whether an attorney, witness or litigant — from making public comments on an ongoing case, usually with the aim to preserve neutrality in the proceedings.
—Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 1 Oct. 2024
The controversial decision allows litigants to block restoration projects by requiring duplicative analysis at both the project level and the forest plan level any time new information emerges about an endangered or threatened species in that forest.
—Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Litigant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/litigant. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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litigant
noun
lit·i·gant
ˈlit-i-gənt 
: a person taking part in a lawsuit
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