cert
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“There’s a kind of art to getting the Supreme Court to pay attention to a cert petition,” said Tommy Bennett, a law professor at Southern Methodist University who tracks the petitions process.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
"As soon as I saw it, I knew what we were dealing with… it was a dead cert we were dealing with a Titanosaur," he said.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
“Passed the check ride a couple months ago and got my cert in the mail! Did the test in a citation 525 series so I’m now rated for the CJ jets too. Fun times.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2025
The court granted cert to the case on Wednesday, after twiddling its thumbs for 16 days, and it scheduled oral arguments for April 22.
From Slate ● Mar. 2, 2024
If you can contrive me a glimpse of the joker I’ll soon let you know for cert.
From The Red Derelict by Bertram Mitford
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