How to Use high court in a Sentence

high court

noun
  • The polls also showed that support for the high court is on the decline.
    Rylee Wilson, Dallas News, 29 June 2022
  • Here is a look at notable efforts to make changes to how the high court operates during that span.
    Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Aug. 2024
  • This is the second time is just over a week the state high court reversed a high-profile murder conviction.
    Bill Rankin, ajc, 30 June 2022
  • Prior to the appointment, Durrant says Pohlman has subbed on the high court a number of times.
    Saige Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 June 2022
  • Their states have moved to protect women's access to reproductive health care before and after the high court's decision.
    Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 1 July 2022
  • There is no shortage of deep animosity in American politics these days and the high court is far from immune to it.
    Matt Ford, The New Republic, 29 June 2022
  • The state's high court ruled in July that the measure will indeed be on the ballot, affirming a lower court ruling from June.
    Sareen Habeshian, Axios, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Valley residents turned out in the thousands over three days after the high court's opinion was released and continued gathering well into the next week.
    Gloria Rebecca Gomez, The Arizona Republic, 2 July 2022
  • The high court's ruling last week touched off a flurry of action in courthouses as conservative-leaning states seek to ban or restrict the procedure.
    Brian Witte, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2022
  • The high court has effectively combined those cases ahead of oral argument, scheduled for Sept. 10.
    Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2024
  • But the high court didn't rule on the merits of the case.
    Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 28 Mar. 2024
  • If the high court strikes down Biden's plan, what next?
    Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2023
  • That lawsuit went to the high court, which upheld the law in 2021.
    Stephanie Armour, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2022
  • The case was appealed again and will now be heard in the high court.
    Devika Rao, The Week, 1 Oct. 2022
  • Those concerns were not enough to sway the state’s high court.
    Jenna Russell, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The high court is expected to take up the case in March or April.
    Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 15 Jan. 2024
  • The high court had blocked the law from taking effect by a 5-4 vote.
    David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The appeal sought for the high court to order Judge Hall to dismiss the case.
    Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Roberts was, at the time, four years into what is now a 17-year tenure on the high court.
    Matt Ford, The New Republic, 20 Oct. 2022
  • The high court has not yet issued its decision in the case.
    Emma Bubola, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2024
  • From time to time, there have been demands for reform of the high court, Graber said.
    Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Fischer asked the state’s high court to review the case.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The high court declined the request, leaving the matter with the appeals court.
    Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 7 Feb. 2024
  • A decade later, the Sacketts are back before the high court.
    Time, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The high court could agree to hear the case, or let the lower court's ruling stand as the final word on the issue.
    Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Backers of the reforms have long accused the high court of overreach and elitism.
    Hadas Gold, CNN, 20 Jan. 2023
  • In short: The idea of ethics reform for the high court has penetrated the zeitgeist.
    Simon Lazarus, The New Republic, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Evans, who is Black, would be the first openly lesbian woman on the high court.
    Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2022
  • The range of potential decisions by the high court is vast.
    Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 6 Feb. 2024
  • But the justices were fractured as to how far the high court should go with deciding the case.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 3 July 2024

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