SCOTUS

abbreviation or noun

: the supreme court of the United States
often used like a nickname
The U.S. Supreme Court must decide soon whether to review the Kasky v. Nike decision. … SCOTUS should review this case and overturn the California ruling.National Review

Examples of SCOTUS in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Power up: Hill Republicans are mad — but not too mad — that SCOTUS declined to stay EPA's power plant emissions rule. Daniel Moore, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024 However, recently there have been disturbing losses: In 2000 SCOTUS invalidated portions of The Violence Against Women Act (some of which have since been restored). Lisa Ann Walter, Glamour, 10 Oct. 2024 As The Daily Beast reported, progressive advocates have been bracing for increasingly right-wing decisions from SCOTUS, a trend which seemed to be affirmed by the court’s Monday decision to let stand a ban on emergency abortions in Texas. James Factora, Them, 7 Oct. 2024 Justice Kavanaugh voted with Chief Justice Roberts in 95% of cases last term, according to Empirical SCOTUS. Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Sep. 2024 In the last term, for example, Jackson was in the minority in 59% of the cases decided by a split 6-3 or 5-4 vote, according to statistics compiled by Adam Feldman and Jake S. Truscott for the Empirical SCOTUS blog. Susan Page, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2024 At other prestigious universities nationwide, diversity in the first-year class declined a year after SCOTUS' decision. Katie Peralta Soloff, Axios, 18 Sep. 2024 In May 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruled that government officials cannot coerce private entities to suppress disfavored viewpoints. Richard Torrenzano, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2024 Trump charged in superseding indictment in election interference case following SCOTUS ruling The court has not yet set a formal date for Trump's new arraignment. Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1879, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of SCOTUS was in 1879

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“SCOTUS.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/SCOTUS. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

Legal Definition

SCOTUS

abbreviation
Supreme Court of the United States

Biographical Definition

Scotus 1 of 2

biographical name (1)

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Scotus

2 of 2

biographical name (2)

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