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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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In the meantime, according to other media reports, Trump’s team has been drawing up its own list of generals to remove from their posts and perhaps even court-martial.—
Ronald R. Krebs,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Jan. 2025
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Suspicious of Dreyfus as a Jew and as an outsider from the École polytechnique, unsavoury army officers secretly arrested him, brought in some forensic experts with dubious theories and convicted him of treason in a court-martial.—
Rob Crossan,
JSTOR Daily,
13 Dec. 2024
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The high court held that Wong Kim Ark, who was born in San Francisco to Chinese immigrants, was a U.S. citizen because he was born in the country.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
21 Jan. 2025
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Montana’s high court petition was backed the National Republican Senatorial Committee, 15 other Republican state attorneys general and the America First Legal Foundation.—
Zach Schonfeld,
The Hill,
21 Jan. 2025
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The last election for a spot on the Wisconsin Supreme Court – which took place in 2023 and also determined its partisan tilt — shattered fundraising records for a state supreme court election.—
Caroline Vakil,
The Hill,
5 Jan. 2025
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The Oklahoma Charter School Board has filed a petition with the Supreme Court to have the state supreme court decision overturned, asking the justices to decide two main points.—
Peter Greene,
Forbes,
30 Dec. 2024
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He was charged with third-degree assault and given a desk appearance ticket, which requires him to make an appearance in criminal court for an arraignment.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA TODAY,
17 Jan. 2025
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The United States and Israel were among only seven countries that voted against the creation of the criminal court in 1998.—
Karoun Demirjian,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2025
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