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dissenter

[dih-sen-ter] / dɪˈsɛn tər /


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“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 January, he was the lone dissenter in an 8-1 decision to hold the policy rate at 0.75%, instead proposing a hike to 1.0%.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 26, 2026

The other dissenter, Kanas City Fed chief Jeffrey Schmid, said “inflation remains too high.”

From MarketWatch Dec. 12, 2025

In the circuit court’s decision, the dissenter, Judge Susan Graber, kept saying: “They’re really not telling the truth!”

From Slate Oct. 31, 2025

The occasional dissenter accuses me of betraying my fellow officers and being a rat, asserting that “what goes on in corrections should stay in corrections.”

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover




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