dissent
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Sam, can you talk about how Justice Sonia Sotomayor addresses that in her dissent?
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
When supporters of the creedal nation theory come at me brandishing copies of the Declaration, I respect their sentiments but maintain my dissent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
As Mexico pulled one back "cushions were thrown" and there was a quiet "peep of dissent when England's Jarell Quansah was sent off", he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Almost certainly because Roberts knew that he would read Slaughter, then Justice Sonia Sotomayor would read her dissent.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026
Pst, pst, like a cat luring a mouse from its hole, they goad each other into quarrels and dissent.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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Justices Clarence Thomas and Alito wrote long dissents arguing that the framers of the 14th Amendment did not or would not have favored birthright citizenship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
Court watchers pay attention to what Justice Clarence Thomas writes, even in solo dissents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
But April’s policy statement External link contained three dissents from Fed district presidents who preferred to drop the bias toward future easing.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
And this is just the latest entry in a canon that Jackson is building up in a series of dissents.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
He dissents, however, from that philosopher, in saying that that series is all we know.
From What is Darwinism? by Hodge, Charles
“John Marshall Harlan, the great dissenter, who dissented in Wong Kim Ark and later gave a bunch of lectures, he posed the question about the sojourners,” Justice Neil Gorsuch said.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
In the opinion on Tuesday, Conservative justices ruled against Landor, while three liberal justices dissented.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
The justice dissented from the Supreme Court’s refusal to hear U.S. v.
From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2026
She was one of three Fed officials who voted to support the FOMC’s decision to keep interest rates steady in April, but dissented from the inclusion of an easing bias in the statement.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
Only the queen's men had dissented, and then not loudly.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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In his opinion, “concurring in the judgment and dissenting in part,” Kavanaugh first agreed with the majority that the executive order’s limitations on birthright citizenship are invalid.
From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2026
“It’s the kind of vibe that doesn’t allow for a dissenting voice.”
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
Justice Brett Kavanaugh filed an opinion concurring in the judgment and dissenting in part.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
It’s not uncommon for a justice dissenting from a shadow-docket order to explain their reasoning, even in a way that compares the instant matters with other cases that have recently come before the court.
From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026
The dissenting group, it’s my privilege and headache to divulge, consists of the three featured players themselves, two female, one male.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
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