coequal

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Rather, the court is an independent, coequal branch of government tasked with determining whether the government’s actions—including the president’s—are constitutional and lawful.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

The confrontation between two supposedly coequal branches of government has reached a critical stage.

From Salon • May 17, 2025

But, he said, Hill “nevertheless insisted on relegating ‘The Fugees’ billing to coequal or secondary status after her name.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2024

John Roberts, respectfully, has long ago taken the decision that he is simply one coequal vote among nine.

From Slate • May 22, 2024

It declared that all territorial land should be national domain, to be disposed of for the common benefit of the States, with the high privilege of itself growing into States coequal with the old Thirteen.

From History of the United States, Volume 2 by Andrews, Elisha Benjamin