In contrast to several recent Fed decisions, with the presidents of some regional Fed banks dissenting, the decision at Wednesday's meeting of the 10 members of the Federal Open Market Committee, the central bank's policy making group, was unanimous.
But Justice Stevens was not so restrained last June in an opinion dissenting from a decision that in retrospect appears to have been, for him, the final straw.
Last month, Judge Jacobs put his views into practice, dissenting from a decision in a tangled lawsuit about something a college newspaper published in 1997.
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., dissenting from a decision about judicial disqualification in June, said the majority opinion would "inevitably lead to an increase in allegations that judges are biased, however groundless those charges may be".
He dissents in decisions that hold the death penalty unconstitutional as applied to certain groups, such as those who were under the age of 18 at the time of offense.
We should be dedicated to electing Senators who listen to dissenting opinion, make decisions based on fact and discussion, not influence and money, and that they represent the people that elected them, not their own self-interest.
A dissenting judge called the decision a blow to free speech and public safety.
Justice Potter Stewart, dissenting in the 1972 decision from Louisiana, identified a further problem with nonunanimous juries.
Eleven dissenting judges called the decision "the death of consumer ratings".
Justice Antonin Scalia, dissenting from the Supreme Court decision, argued that it opened the door not only to homosexual marriages but also to the legalisation of bigamy and bestiality.
