justice
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In 2020 after the killing of George Floyd generated widespread campus calls for social justice, another movement to abolish Greek life sprung up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
Gérald Darmanin, the justice minister, said Friday that he had instructed prosecutors to seek to hold parents financially responsible for damage caused by their children.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
I am an associate professor of government at Cornell University, where my research through the Gender and Security Sector Lab examines how police and justice institutions can become more gender-responsive and trauma-informed.
From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026
Det Supt Eleanor Welsh, of South Yorkshire Police, said: "These women have waited three or four decades for these verdicts and bravely relived their ordeals in a bid to secure justice."
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
He assured the reporter that his men were working night and day on this case, and he was positive justice would prevail.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
Vocabulary lists containing justice
Preamble to the U.S. Constitution (1787)
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Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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You Be the Judge: Jud, Jur, Jus
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