The Crux of the Issue: Matthew Yglesias: "Basically, there seems to be a mobius-strip like quality where it's awkward for people to think Fallon is dissenting from the administration's Iran policy, so he's on his way out, though the administration and Fallon both deny that there is any such dissent or that any Iran policy changes are in the works.
Whether it is dissenting political parties or tribal warfare, conflict is part of human history wherever our species lived and still exists today in remote places in the world.
Is dissent the highest form of patriotism?
"So I dissented from virtually everyone else in Britain, and as it happens, I was probably the one who got it right.
When the commission approved Google's 2007 acquisition of DoubleClick, I dissented — because I was concerned that combining the two companies' vast troves of consumer information would allow Google, which was largely unchecked by competition, to develop invasive profiles of individuals' Internet habits.
"I dissented from the majority's decision on local telephone competition," he said, "because it was inconsistent with the law and would result in years of regulatory uncertainty and unrealized consumer promise.
In a letter read by the presiding judge of the trial chamber, Justice Teresa Doherty, Justice Sebutinde wrote that "in view of the recent developments in the trial chamber, and consistent with my earlier views and opinion on this matter, both in chamber and on the bench wherein I dissented from the directive to lead counsel, I will on principle not attend Friday's hearing".
Needless to say, I dissented.
Then I dissented strongly, describing my organizing days in a poor white mill community in Durham, on assignment from Martin Luther King.
I bought her the book "I Dissent" because the title sums up what she has been doing her entire life: dissenting and disagreeing, and making her voice heard.
Stevens: Well, you know, Sandra, I dissented in a lot of cases, and I'd like [the court] to reexamine them all [laughs].
