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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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Supreme Court's ruling on presidential immunity, his sentencing was delayed until after Election Day.
Don’t require it to divest until the Supreme Court has heard the case,” Stovsky said.
That is made clear by the words of former Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black, long one of the nation’s greatest defenders of the press.
His supporters, who refused to accept the outcome of the election, stormed Brazil's Congress, the presidential palace and the building housing the Supreme Court on 8 January 2023.
Later that same year, the Supreme Court overturned its own precedent that had called on courts to defer to an agency's interpretation of ambiguous laws.
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