How to Use chief justice in a Sentence

chief justice

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  • That has, at times, made the chief justice hard to pin down.
    — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 10 July 2023
  • The chief justice of the Supreme Court presides over that process.
    — Farnoush Amiri, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Warren Burger, chief justice of the Supreme Court through the ‘70s and ‘80s, bought his books there.
    — Amy Sutherland, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2023
  • The next step will be for the chief justice to organize a trial.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2024
  • The first time that this process was used for the hiring a clerk of the supreme court and court of appeals was in 2018 when PDR was chief justice.
    — Jack Kelly and Matthew Defour, Journal Sentinel, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The chief justice hates when the court is sort of drawn into the mudsling of politics.
    — ABC News, 31 Dec. 2023
  • The court's justices will have to vote again at the start of its next term in January on a chief justice.
    — Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2022
  • This is not the first time false claims have circulated about the chief justice.
    — Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Five of the nine Supreme Court seats are on the ballot next year, including chief justice.
    — Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 30 June 2023
  • Tom Parker, the chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, was the lone dissent.
    — Ashley Remkus | Aremkus@al.com, al, 6 Feb. 2023
  • That was followed in 1953 by his appointment as chief justice of the Supreme Court.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Jan. 2023
  • The chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court was herself a Republican.
    — Jane Mayer, The New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2022
  • By the time the chief justice summoned the three dozen clerks for a mandatory meeting about the breach, many of the pedigreed young lawyers were worried.
    — Jodi Kantor, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Jan. 2023
  • Miriam Naor served on the Israeli Supreme Court for 14 years and became the second woman to helm the court as chief justice.
    — Sun Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2023
  • The chief justice can try to persuade his Supreme Court colleagues to change the outcome of a case but has no direct power over their votes.
    — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 26 July 2022
  • So as part of his circuit, not in his role of chief justice, Chase presided in Baltimore over the trial.
    — Anna Deavere Smith, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Five days ago the governor nominated her to be the next chief justice of the state’s highest court.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2022
  • The chief justice’s seat, and two others held by Republicans, are in front of voters this year.
    — Deanna Paul, WSJ, 30 July 2022
  • The Oregon Supreme Court chief justice would preside and two thirds of senators would have to vote yes for the ejection to take effect.
    — oregonlive, 25 June 2023
  • Taylor is the second Republican to join the chief justice race.
    — Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 14 June 2023
  • Members of the commission are appointed by the chief justice.
    — oregonlive, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Brunner and Kennedy are seeking to replace Maureen O’Connor, who is retiring, as the chief justice of the court.
    — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Cobb became the first woman elected chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court in 2006.
    — Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Peter Maassen has been selected as the Alaska Supreme Court’s next chief justice.
    — Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The chief justice posed an example of two high school friends: one who takes out a loan for college and a second who takes out a loan to start a lawn care service.
    — Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The chief justice has no additional voting power on the Supreme Court.
    — Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Beasley was a former Supreme Court chief justice in North Carolina.
    — Mabinty Quarshie, USA TODAY, 9 Nov. 2022
  • She was chosen by her fellow justices as chief justice and began serving the six-year term in 2018.
    — oregonlive, 15 Aug. 2022
  • The court typically holds such honors for a late chief justice soon after their death.
    — Katie Mogg, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Sep. 2022
  • There are eight associate justices, and one chief justice.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2023

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