dissent

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Justice Sonia Sotomayor made that clear in her stinging and persuasive dissent from the court’s denial of certiorari.

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2026

People fed up with rolling blackouts have staged sporadic protests in recent days, banging pots and shouting slogans against the government, rare demonstrations in a country known for repressing dissent.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

Notably, there was only a single dissent from the FOMC’s standpat decision, from Fed governor Stephen Miran, who has been vociferous in calling for sharp rate reductions.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

Open dissent is impossible as the state's watchers are everywhere.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

It replaced the professorial lecture, the voice of authority, by a text in whose margin you could scribble your dissent.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton