dissenting

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You also need to listen to your colleagues, including backbenchers, and the heavy-handed approach to dissenting voices diminishes our politics.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Though Fed governor Stephen Miran surprised no one by dissenting to the decision to keep interest rates steady, three Fed presidents dissented to certain language in the FOMC’s statement.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

That said, just last term, in her dissenting opinion in Medina v.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026

“Regarding the dissenting opinion of Judge VanDyke: We are better than this,” he wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

In her dissenting opinion, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg drew sharply different lessons from the history of the civil rights movement.

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman