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Which Supreme Court justice signaled dissent with a majority opinion by wearing a black collar?

dissent

[dih-sent] / dΙͺˈsΙ›nt /




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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson recorded a dissent from the decision without explaining her reasoning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

Cairo has long been criticised for its rights record, and has for over a decade shuttered nearly all space for dissent.

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026

Will they welcome dissent within their own ranks?

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026

Yes, she can throw down in a dissent, but she’s very careful in her speeches.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

The Court's decision was strongly criticized by scholars and Court observers, and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote a compelling dissent, but Thompson did not get any money.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

A few who supported July’s decision could now lean in favor of hiking, leading to more dissents than the three last month if the Fed holds steady in September.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

There were three dissents at the Fed’s July meeting in favor of a rate hike.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

That number of dissents is unusual and illustrative of the challenge the Fed faces in bringing inflation back down to its two-percent target -- a level it hasn't hit in more than five years.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

Still, three dissents in favor of higher rates on the 12-person policy committee-and a sharp rise in long-term bond yields Wednesday—suggested the pressure is mounting for the Fed to act.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

He uses a rough kind of memoria technica to enable him to mark passages with which he agrees, from which he dissents, which he desires to qualify, or which he reserves for future reference.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 by Various

But this could face objections from China, which dissented against wording on free navigation in Hormuz and worldwide at an earlier gathering of finance ministers.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

The top court's three liberal justices - Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson - dissented.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

At the July meeting, nine top Fed officials were in the hold camp and three dissented in favor of a rate hike.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

But Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. dissented, along with the court’s three liberals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

Only the queen's men had dissented, and then not loudly.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

He also advanced what, in the world of homeless services, amounted to dissenting views on law enforcement and civil rights.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

The counter-example comes via Fed Governor Lisa Cook, who joined Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack in casting a dissenting vote in favor of a rate increase.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Former Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., who now serves as the mayor of Oakland, cast the only dissenting vote.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

"The battle for succession has largely remained an in-house rather than a national matter following the weakening of political institutions and the crushing of dissenting voices," said Waluya.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

And it had all happened without a single dissenting vote.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik


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