chief justice

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Recent Examples of chief justice Others added their voices to a chorus of condemnation Sunday, including Debra Todd, chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Tara Suter, The Hill, 13 Apr. 2025 Our chief justice correspondent Pierre Thomas has the details. ABC News, 27 Apr. 2025 But the one-time Trump ally, who later became one of the president's top critics, argued that picking a fight with the chief justice could negatively impact what happens for Trump at the highest court in the land. Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2025 Responding to Roberts during an interview with Fox News’s Laura Ingraham, Trump noted the chief justice didn’t name him and repeated his earlier comments about Boasberg. Ella Lee, The Hill, 19 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for chief justice
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circuit judge
Noun
  • The circuit judge, Donald Hafele, scheduled a hearing on May 15 to discuss the risk protection order.
    Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 2 May 2025
  • So the odds do not look good for Nancy Jacobs, a circuit judge in Tampa.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 May 2025

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