‘Kangaroo court’ has a peculiarly American past
Oct 24, 2019
1 minute
A few weeks ago, U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, a Republican from Louisiana, gave the impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump a nickname, using the hashtag #KangarooCourt in a tweet. It’s an evocative phrase, even if you’re not sure what it means, and itself is, for English, an unusual word.
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