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District Judge Royce Lamberth's order comes 10 days after he ruled that President Donald Trump's pick to oversee mass layoffs at VOA was unlawfully appointed, rendering the job cuts invalid.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

Some candidates who submitted petitions by the March 4 deadline failed to qualify because some of their signatures were deemed invalid.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2026

"This was invalid as the permission of the Attorney General had not been obtained at that time," the judgement stated.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

“This means that once the law is officially enacted, your current credential will be invalid immediately.”

From Slate • Feb. 27, 2026

Of course, there are assumptions underlying these phrases which are invalid or meaningless without clarification.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos