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Recent Examples of drumhead court-martial
And men like Lang Long, a Cambodian who was trafficked and sold into the Thai fishing industry, are modern-day Billy Budds in a system that lacks even the rough justice of a drumhead court-martial.
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Alyssa Rosenberg, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2019
Alyssa Rosenberg, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drumhead court-martial
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He later was acquitted of the six counts, including insubordination, but the court-martial prevented him from deploying to fight in Europe with his battalion.—
Terence Moore,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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Though he was found not guilty of the six counts, including insubordination, the court-martial prevented him from deploying to fight in Europe with his battalion.—
Curtis Bunn,
NBC News,
19 Mar. 2025
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But in a surprising decision in 2023, the high court declined an invitation to reshape Section 2 of the landmark voting law and invalidated Alabama's congressional map drawn by Republican lawmakers after the 2020 Census.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2025
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This high court typically has tried to avoid immigration disputes, but Trump's team aims to force its hand.—
Marc Caputo,
Axios,
19 Mar. 2025
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The supreme court has already issued a temporary order freezing Bar’s dismissal.—
Gershom Gorenberg,
The Atlantic,
26 Mar. 2025
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Read more Judge Chutkan strikes blow against Elon Musk's DOGE Supreme Court will save Trump's political plans—analyst Will the supreme court overturn birthright citizenship?—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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The Paris criminal court also fined the former head of the Direction Centrale du Renseignement Intérieur a total of $706,300 (€651,500), according to the publication.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
7 Mar. 2025
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The imposition of sentence is one of the most difficult and significant decisions that any criminal court judge is called upon to make.—
ABC NEWS,
ABC News,
10 Jan. 2025
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“Drumhead court-martial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drumhead%20court-martial. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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