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Supreme Court
noun
- the highest court of the U.S.
- (in many states) the highest court of the state.
- (lowercase) (in some states) a court of general jurisdiction subordinate to an appeals court.
Supreme Court
noun
- the highest Federal court, possessing final appellate jurisdiction and exercising supervisory jurisdiction over the lower courts
- (in many states) the highest state court
Supreme Court
- A federal court; the highest body in the judicial branch . The Supreme Court is composed of a chief justice and eight associate justices, all of whom are appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate . They serve on the Court as long as they choose, subject only to impeachment . Each state also has a supreme court; these courts are all courts of appeals , primarily hearing cases that have already been tried. The federal Supreme Court (“the” Supreme Court) has the final word on interpretation of all laws and of the Constitution itself.
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She ultimately lost her case in the California Supreme Court, but the ordinance was repealed two years later.
The Supreme Court decision came down in 2012, so the Project 2025 authors don’t have much of an excuse for their ignorance of the facts.
And the Supreme Court ruled in June that cities can enforce camping bans, even if they lack shelter space for homeless people.
The collective angst has so far not resulted in a massive protest and, as the Supreme Court once observed, politicians just “pass the buck” and wait for the season to get over.
Judge Juan Merchan, who is overseeing the case, had been scheduled last week to rule on how the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling would affect the case.
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