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Scotus

1 American  
[skoh-tuhs] / ˈskoʊ təs /

noun

  1. John Duns. Duns Scotus, John.


SCOTUS 2 American  
[skoh-tuhs] / ˈskoʊ təs /

noun

  1. Supreme Court of the United States.


Scotus British  
/ ˈskəʊtəs /

noun

  1. See Duns Scotus

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Don Verrilli also reflects on his deep and broad experience over decades of Supreme Court litigation, beginning with a clerkship for Justice Brennan in the 1980s, through his service in government under President Obama, to recent wins arguing before SCOTUS, to provide a truly clarifying perspective on the scale of the challenges facing the rule of law, and the “hard-nosed faith” required to overcome them.

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What will that challenge look like, and do you really think it’ll have a chance of prevailing at SCOTUS?

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An appeals court agreed, prompting the Justice Department to seek relief from SCOTUS.

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To support that claim, Ziegler purported to quote SCOTUS’s 2023 decision in Moore v.

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In other words, Ziegler continues to claim that Moore granted state courts “exceedingly limited” review of congressional redistricting; she just no longer attributes that quote directly to SCOTUS.

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