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Bunker said the ordeal felt like a kangaroo court and that the committee had made up their minds before the hearing even began.
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Andrea Mew, National Review, 20 Dec. 2023
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson called a parliamentary committee investigating him a kangaroo court.
—Max Colchester, WSJ, 9 June 2023
The mayor set up a kangaroo court in the station.
—David A. Taylor, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2021
Frank’s arrest and kangaroo court trial occupy much of the musical’s two and a half hours; note is taken in passing of a campaign by a small army of outsiders — Thomas Edison and Henry Ford among them — to win Frank’s release.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2023
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Andrea Mew, National Review, 20 Dec. 2023
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson called a parliamentary committee investigating him a kangaroo court.
—Max Colchester, WSJ, 9 June 2023
The mayor set up a kangaroo court in the station.
—David A. Taylor, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2021
Frank’s arrest and kangaroo court trial occupy much of the musical’s two and a half hours; note is taken in passing of a campaign by a small army of outsiders — Thomas Edison and Henry Ford among them — to win Frank’s release.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2023
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The high court ruled that states could not ban sacrilegious films.Kristina M. Lee, The Conversation, 18 Oct. 2024
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Chutkan must decide how to square the blockbuster high court ruling with the allegations about Trump's conduct in the case.April Rubin, Axios, 18 Oct. 2024
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Kennedy appealed to the Supreme Court on Oct. 21, requesting his name be covered with stickers on the ballots—even though hundreds of thousands of people had already voted—after both state supreme courts ruled his name would stay on the ballot despite suspending his campaign in August.Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Advertisement In an emergency appeal, the RNC lawyers said the justices should overturn a recent ruling by Pennsylvania’s state supreme court and forbid the counting of provisional ballots by voters who made a mistake in submitting their mail ballots.David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
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Harvey Weinstein in criminal court on September 18, 2024 in Manhattan.CBS News, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2024
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In 2007, Baker pleaded guilty in criminal court to abusing two boys.Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
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Before a search warrant is sought for a press room, a law office church or the office of a mental health professional, inquisition subpoenas or other available forms of investigation should be utilized.Luke Barr, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2024
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Today, Ignatius dominates his thoughts for different reasons; he was imprisoned three times by the Spanish inquisition for raising spiritual questions in public.Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 25 June 2024
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If the judge does not accept the guilty plea, the judge can rule that the case be litigated in a contested court-martial.Luis Martinez, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2024
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Rather unsurprisingly, the story ends badly, with a full-on Navy investigation and court-martial.Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 5 Sep. 2024
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“Kangaroo court.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kangaroo%20court. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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