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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
dissent .
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ALITO WOULD ALLOW RACE-BASED DISCRIMINATION: Alito dissented from a decision in favor of a Marriott Hotel manager who said she had been discriminated against on the basis of race.
The Courts 2009
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Note also though that the judge who dissented from the 6th Cir. decision was a trial judge, too – a senior district judge sitting by designation.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Sixth Circuit Now 0–4 in Habeas Cases This Term 2010
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Stevens strongly dissented from the court's January decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission that lifted federal limits on corporate and union spending in political campaigns.
Senator to Stevens: 2010 retirement would lead to 'gridlock' 2010
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In a sign of the contentiousness of that move, one policy board member dissented from the plan to purchase government bonds, while the votes on the rest of the unusual measures were unanimous.
Bank of Japan Tries New Policies Megumi Fujikawa 2010
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Yet, operating on a dubious and extremely broad reading of the Voting Rights Act, Ms. Sotomayor dissented from the decision.
Wonk Room » Anti-Sotomayor Fearmongering Campaign Opens New Front: Felons And The Vote 2009
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But he has dissented from the bench just over 20times.
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Justice Harlan, the one and only Justice to be on the right side of history in Plessy, dissented from the libertarian position in Lochner.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Bruce Bartlett’s Attack on Libertarianism 2010
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Justice Harlan, the one and only Justice to be on the right side of history in Plessy, dissented from the libertarian position in Lochner.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Bruce Bartlett’s Attack on Libertarianism 2010
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It would be interesting to know how often Rehnquist dissented from the bench in the 1970s, when he was often in the minority.
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In 2003, he teamed with O'Connor for what would become the court's last big ruling upholding federal campaign finance regulations, and in January he vigorously dissented from a major decision lifting restrictions on corporate spending in elections.
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