courts

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The court starts with grand judicial maximalist proclamations from the founding about how it’s the duty of courts, especially Virginia courts, to decide legal questions.

From Slate • May 8, 2026

The case had already wound through lower courts before reaching the state Supreme Court.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

Oregon’s law is on hold while a lawsuit by the National Assn. of Wholesaler-Distributors works its way through the courts.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Musk is also asking the courts to unwind a recent conversion that OpenAI conducted to a more traditional corporate governance structure.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Elsewhere in the South, the struggle for equal rights was moving into the federal courts and, increasingly, into the streets.

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman