jurist
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In an episode of our podcast Amicus produced right after Gorsuch’s nomination, Mark Joseph Stern, Dahlia Lithwick, and Jeremy Stahl described him as a thoughtful jurist.
From Slate • May 13, 2026
Born on April 19, 1939, in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad, Khamenei was the second of eight children to Sayyed Javad Khamenei, a jurist, and Khadijeh Mirdamadi.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2026
Shira Scheindlin, a former district judge who served with Hellerstein, called him an unflinching jurist who has done what “he thought was right in every case, whether it was popular or not.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026
Former professional footballer Claude Makelele also withdrew as a jurist, citing "unforeseen personal reasons" in a statement on social media.
From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025
Pater Aquillus is a jurist, and his library is filled with everything from obscure law books to ancient Scholar tomes on mathematics.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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