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dissent

[dih-sent] / dɪˈsɛnt /




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From this era on, any form of public dissent was not just discouraged but downright illegal.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

Justice Jackson provides a brief history of the compassionate release statute in her Fernandez dissent.

From Slate • May 29, 2026

What I find most disturbing in this instance is Kavanaugh’s dissent.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

In dissent, Justice Neil Gorsuch, a Trump appointee, said the Mississippi state courts had concluded that Pitchford’s trial team had forfeited a portion of their argument about racially discriminatory jury selection.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

But the sounds of dissent were quickly drowned out.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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