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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
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McCaskill stated in her email to Dateline that this is required before charges can be referred for trial by general court-martial.Anna Turning, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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This hearing will determine whether there is sufficient evidence to proceed with a court-martial in his case.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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Three days later, the high court outlined its rationale with its 61-page ruling in Bush v. Gore.Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
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In a 2018 decision, the high court did find that Minnesota's law barring political apparel at voting sites was too broad and violated the First Amendment.Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2024
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Same with state governments — including legislatures that pursue new laws, state supreme courts that determine the laws’ constitutionality, attorneys general who decide whether to defend them and district attorneys who enforce them.Geoff Mulvihill, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
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Voters in at least 30 states will decide who will fill 69 state supreme court seats in judicial elections, with the ideological balances of two high courts — in Michigan and Ohio — at stake.Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 23 Oct. 2024
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Paxton supporters take the state’s highest criminal court In 2022, Paxton received a decisive rebuff from the state’s Court of Criminal Appeals, whose conservative justices ruled his office could not unilaterally prosecute election fraud — but would have to work with local prosecutors.Saul Elbein, The Hill, 6 Nov. 2024
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The 18 courts at the Old Bailey, properly known as the Central criminal court of England and Wales, are the setting for the major criminal trials of Greater London.Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Drumhead court-martial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drumhead%20court-martial. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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