Recently, he played a central role on the bench, authoring landmark majority opinions on President Bush's detention policies and firm dissenting opinions on issues such as campaign finance.
In fact, he manages to embody both at once: He used information to blow the whistle on government action that he considered to be a misdeed, and he acted out a firm act of dissent.
Head coach Lloyd Eaton kicked all 14 players off the team that day, a firm pronouncement that dissent was not allowed anywhere within the Wyoming football program.
The appointments signal a tougher foreign policy, particularly towards regional foe Iran, but little change to a firm hand against dissent at home, where Riyadh this week said it had detained 93 suspected Islamic State militants.
Dabi argues that he was even-handed and that it was "necessary to show a firm hand in the face of dissent that threatened to spiral out of control".
1033, 1037, 12 L.Ed.2d 1964964) (Harlan, J., dissenting), concludes that the merger 'produces a firm controlling an undue percentage share of the relevant market,' ante, at 366.
General Sisi's candidacy would further deepen the divisions between the many Egyptians who believe a firm hand is needed to steer the country, and Islamists bearing the brunt of state suppression of dissent.
The dissent contends that, in order to make a sale, an employee must at least obtain a "firm commitment to buy". Post, at 10 (opinion of Breyer, J.).
Making such dissent explicit tends to expose inherent ambiguities (which may be philosophical or practical) and acknowledges that not everything can be resolved; such findings may be more use to those who use realist evaluation than a firm statement that implies that all tensions have been fixed.
Making such dissent explicit tends to expose inherent ambiguities (which may be philosophical or practical) and acknowledges that not everything can be resolved; such findings may be more use to reviewers than a firm statement which implies that all tensions have been "fixed".
