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A supreme court (also called a court of last resort or instance, court of final appeal or high court) is in some jurisdictions the highest judicial body within that jurisdiction's court system, whose rulings are not subject to further review by another court.

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  • Where’s the Clarity?

    …and the prospect of future trials, in what a senior administration official described as a concession to June's Supreme Court ruling that held Bush's enemy-combatant detention policies to be unconstitutional. In his big speech, Bush defended …

    09/07/2006
  • ‘When You Come to a Fork in the Road...’

    …incredible vehicle for social change—and lawyers are at the wheel. I think of Brown v. Board of Education and the Supreme Court cases that would follow, of the Voting Rights Act. In fact, in the Senate, we just renewed the Voting Rights Act …

    08/13/2006
  • Y2k: You Must Remember This

    …old Elia n Gonzalez. Speaking of bravery, Hillary Clinton vowed that as senator she would not vote to confirm any Supreme Court nominee "who would vote to overturn Brown v. Board of Education. " In New Orleans, Al Davis withdrew his daughter …

    12/25/2000
  • Why Batterers So Often Go Free

    …Anita Hill may not have bumped Clarence Thomas from the Supreme Court , but her case helped bring sexual harassment into the ……Anita Hill may not have bumped Clarence Thomas from the Supreme Court , but her case helped bring sexual harassment into the …

    10/16/1995
  • Will Race Taint The Jury Pool?

    …prospective jurors purely on the basis of race. The U.S. Supreme Court put a stop to that practice by ruling that blacks and ……prospective jurors purely on the basis of race. The U.S. Supreme Court put a stop to that practice by ruling that blacks and …

    04/17/1995

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