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The same year that the men demanded timely wages, Mathew reported on a court-martial involving a corps member serving in Grenada.
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Kinsey Gidick, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
The president has the power to grant clemency only for federal offenses, not state or local ones, and may pardon someone convicted in a U.S. District Court, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia or a military court-martial.
—Joedy McCreary, Austin American-Statesman, 7 Dec. 2024
The president has the power to grant clemency only for federal offenses – but not state or local ones – and may pardon someone convicted in a U.S. district court, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia or a military court-martial.
—Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
At the court-martial, soldiers described a systematic slaughter of defenseless civilians.
—Adam Bernstein, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
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Kinsey Gidick, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
The president has the power to grant clemency only for federal offenses, not state or local ones, and may pardon someone convicted in a U.S. District Court, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia or a military court-martial.
—Joedy McCreary, Austin American-Statesman, 7 Dec. 2024
The president has the power to grant clemency only for federal offenses – but not state or local ones – and may pardon someone convicted in a U.S. district court, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia or a military court-martial.
—Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
At the court-martial, soldiers described a systematic slaughter of defenseless civilians.
—Adam Bernstein, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for court-martial
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Two lawyers have lodged a lawsuit with the country's supreme court, The Guardian reported on Tuesday, in an attempt to cancel the company's concession to operate the two ports, which are located at both ends of the canal.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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Brazil Reuters — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro accused the country’s supreme court of persecuting him on Saturday after his appeal against a travel ban was rejected.—
Reuters,
CNN,
18 Jan. 2025
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The high court on Tuesday issued a ruling upholding Ford's execution.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
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The high court in recent years has reined in prosecutors’ discretion in corruption actions against public officials, and one of those decisions in our own 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upended the legal interpretation prosecutors relied on extensively in the ComEd Four trial.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Feb. 2025
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Movies At Telluride, ‘Conclave’ pleases, even if other Oscar hopefuls aren’t ready for prime time Sept. 1, 2024 Early on, Callas parried these inquisitions with humor.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Nov. 2024
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Lost during last week’s inquisition into the Hail Mary and botched fullback dive was a careful examination of more macro issues the Bears are dealing with.—
Brad Biggs,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Nov. 2024
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The kangaroo court elevated Indiana and BYU past Tennessee this week despite the Vols winning comfortably against Mississippi State and the Hoosiers and Cougars gutting out close wins against unranked opponents on the road.—
Blake Toppmeyer,
The Tennessean,
14 Nov. 2024
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Which seems an odd determination from a court of inquiry about the shipboard officers’ council, which was fairly clearly a kangaroo court.—
Howard Schneider,
National Review,
21 Dec. 2023
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Other business leaders have also criticized the Delaware judiciary.—
Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
18 Feb. 2025
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And that is exactly what the federal judiciary is trying to do now.—
Mattathias Schwartz,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2025
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Jeremy Rintoul, an upper tribunal judge, granted Campbell permission to appeal the five-year ban after receiving and reviewing new evidence uncovered by Campbell’s team.—
Samantha Conti,
WWD,
6 Feb. 2025
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While Margaret Josephs convening a pre-reunion tribunal to discuss the reunion at her house was maybe too much, this was definitely too little.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
28 Jan. 2025
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