dissent
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“This decision on jurisdiction does not weigh in on the core First Amendment questions in this case and we are heartened by a strong dissent,” said Esha Bhandari, a member of Khalil’s legal team.
Goolsbee, a former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers in the Obama White House, dissented on the decision to cut the federal funds rate at the Dec. 10 Federal Open Market Committee meeting.
“As the wait continues, we suspect that the justices are navigating and fine-tuning a majority opinion in addition to one or more dissents or concurrences.”
From MarketWatch
Delia Lujan Wolff, a lawyer representing a group of dissenting Boy Scouts claimants, said Monday the Third Circuit had found problems with the reorganization in light of the Supreme Court’s ruling against Purdue.
Last week, the UN's human rights office said the elections would "take place in an environment marked by widespread repression and intimidation against the political opposition, human rights defenders, journalists and those with dissenting views".
From BBC
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