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Pointing to the immense inequalities of the time, tax activists rallied support from organized labor, agrarian associations, and free-trade advocates to pass a constitutional amendment overriding the high court.
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Ajay K. Mehrotra / Made By History, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024
The high court’s decision will address whether race was improperly emphasized in shaping the second majority-black district, adding significant stakes for representation and electoral outcomes in Louisiana.
—Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Nov. 2024
Trump has argued some evidence in the case should be thrown out, along with the conviction, because of the high court’s decision.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
The high court's conservative majority ruled to block an order from a federal judge that would have reinstated some 1,600 individuals to Virginia's registered voter count.
—Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2024
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Ajay K. Mehrotra / Made By History, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024
The high court’s decision will address whether race was improperly emphasized in shaping the second majority-black district, adding significant stakes for representation and electoral outcomes in Louisiana.
—Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Nov. 2024
Trump has argued some evidence in the case should be thrown out, along with the conviction, because of the high court’s decision.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
The high court's conservative majority ruled to block an order from a federal judge that would have reinstated some 1,600 individuals to Virginia's registered voter count.
—Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2024
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Same with state governments — including legislatures that pursue new laws, state supreme courts that determine the laws’ constitutionality, attorneys general who decide whether to defend them and district attorneys who enforce them.Geoff Mulvihill, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
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Voters in at least 30 states will decide who will fill 69 state supreme court seats in judicial elections, with the ideological balances of two high courts — in Michigan and Ohio — at stake.Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 23 Oct. 2024
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In 2019, a three-judge Ninth Circuit panel reversed a trial court’s dismissal of an earlier version of the Sunday Ticket case.Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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After that, Appeals Court judges, including Supreme Court justices, face a retention election every six years and trial court judges face a retention vote every four years.Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Now, an employment tribunal has ruled she was unfairly dismissed.Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2024
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As a result, some investment tribunals have rendered fewer awards in favor of investors and awarded lower damages.John Quinn, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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“High court.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20court. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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