United States Supreme Court
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3.3
- proper noun
- /juːˈnaɪtɪd steɪts səˈpriːm kɔrt/
- Formal
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Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos
- The United States Supreme Court is the final authority for interpreting the Constitution.
- United States Supreme Court decision
- United States Supreme Court held
- United States Supreme Court upheld
Is it too much to expect the United States Supreme Court to say the same?
- Is it too much to expect the United States Supreme Court to say the same?
- You do not have to be a world class constitutional legal scholar to get on to the United States Supreme Court.
Examples
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On November 13, 1956, the United States Supreme Court ruled that Montgomery's bus rules were unconstitutional.
Fiction book (1999) -
She took her case all the way to the United States Supreme Court and won.
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Is it too much to expect the United States Supreme Court to say the same?
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This is the first time in my living memory that the United States Supreme Court has actually taken away a right.
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Three times their case went to the United States Supreme Court.
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The oath of office will now be administered to the vice president-elect by the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
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The decision of the United States Supreme Court is inconsistent with its earlier precedents.
Academic text (1991) -
The United States Supreme Court narrowed the definition of "Employee" in Portland Terminal and Alamo Foundation.
Academic text (2017) -
Finding discrimination against interstate commerce, the United States Supreme Court strictly scrutinized and invalidated the Oregon laws.
Academic text (1995) -
The United States Supreme Court has said that obscenity is construed to mean "having a substantial tendency to corrupt "by arousing lustful desires."
Synonyms
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3.1
The highest court in the United States that makes final decisions for all other courts
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4.5
The top group of judges in a country or state that hears the most important cases and appeals
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3.2
The highest court in a country or state that reviews lower court decisions
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2.7
The highest court in the United States that decides important questions about the law for the whole country
Surface Forms
Morphology
united + state + supreme + court
The meaning 'the highest federal court in the United States' is directly and transparently compositional from 'United States' (the nation) + 'supreme' (highest) + 'court' (judicial forum). This is a literal institutional name and parallels exist in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words should be able to infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The United States Supreme Court name comes from the words court, meaning a place where judges decide important cases, and supreme, meaning the highest. So, it is the top court in the country with the 'final say' on questions about the law.