dissent
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Writing for the dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor argues that the Rutherford majority “searches high and low for other statutory limits on what courts may consider when deciding compassionate-release motions.”
From Slate • May 29, 2026
I’m not sure what factors the justice was considering before his dissent, but it could not have been league history.
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
These forces effectively run much of the economy and maintain internal order, repressing internal dissent and opposition.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
It replaced the professorial lecture, the voice of authority, by a text in whose margin you could scribble your dissent.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing dissent
The Hunger Games
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Essential Academic Vocabulary for Middle School Students, List 8
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Common Senses: Sent, Sens ("Feel")
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