dissent
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In the dissent, Roberts said the injuries claimed by Hoagland were sufficient to allow the lawsuit to go ahead.
From BBC β Aug. 31, 2026
Then comes Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, with a separate 23-page dissent, diving into the merits.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 25, 2026
Jackson flags this exact relationship in her dissent, as the court’s new ruling Monday “lets another shoe drop in the Kafkaesque nightmare that our precedents have been steadily creating for certain plaintiffs.”
From Slate β Aug. 25, 2026
Such warnings from the administration were mentioned by Justice Sonia Sotomayor in her dissent as evidence of the harm suffered by the states already, and reason for the lower court’s ruling halting implementation to hold.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 24, 2026
My brother Shade says it’s because arena cities enjoyed a marked reduction in Red crime, dissent, even the few acts of rebellion.
From "Red Queen" by Victoria Aveyard
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During that time, there were lots of debates but few dissents.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 25, 2026
It was the most dissents in a decade at a normally unified Fed.
From MarketWatch β Jul. 31, 2026
"I don't expect a rate hike, but I do expect dissents," said Diane Swonk, chief economist at KPMG.
From Barron's β Jul. 29, 2026
The only way to figure out how the justices decided is if there were dissents.
From Slate β Jul. 29, 2026
The watermen in Lucian give the preference to a jackdaw: but Antipater in some degree dissents, and thinks that the swan has the advantage.
From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) by Jacob Bryant
But Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. dissented, along with the court’s three liberals.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 31, 2026
Three officials dissented in favor of a rate increase last month.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 27, 2026
At the meeting, the Fed held its benchmark interest rate steady at a range of 3.5%-3.75%, but three officials dissented in favor of a 25-basis-point increase.
From MarketWatch β Aug. 19, 2026
On Wednesday, the Fed chose to keep interest rates steady despite those push factors, although three policymakers dissented and called for an immediate rate hike.
From Barron's β Jul. 30, 2026
“Outstanding people left because the atmosphere at the Radiation Laboratory. . . did not make people who dissented feel they were welcome,” observed David Saxon, the future university president.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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And as Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson warned in her solo dissenting opinion from the per curiam order, the real issue is not that the court punted a decision on the merits here.
From Slate β Aug. 26, 2026
The motion was approved on a 10-3 vote at Tuesday’s council meeting, with Imelda Padilla, Traci Park and Monica Rodriguez dissenting.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 19, 2026
But there are already dissenting members within the confederations, like Bhutan, the Philippines, and the UAE within Asia, who have all backed Infantino.
From BBC β Aug. 11, 2026
Previous chairs could persuade a colleague against dissenting with a tweak to the statement—a hawkish phrase here, a dovish nod there—or by implying that action was likelier at a later meeting.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jul. 29, 2026
But it was also meant to be a godly community, a religious home for the Puritans, who did not tolerate dissenting views on spiritual matters.
From "An Indigenous Peopleβs History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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