Sentence examples for was a dissent from inspiring English sources

The maneuvering may have meant that there was a dissent or disagreement over the opinion and the judges wanted to come out on a unanimous basis if they were going to take the rare step of overruling Chancellor Chandler.

But there was a dissent by Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. joined by Justice Samuel Alito Jr. and an opinion concurring with the majority by Justice Anthony Kennedy joined by Justice Clarence Thomas.

"I'm sure you're right," he told Jeffrey L. Fisher, a lawyer for Ms. Chaidez, "that the mere fact that there was a dissent in the case that adopted the rule does not necessarily make it a new rule.

Her most significant opinion this term was a dissent criticizing a court decision that kept a group of merchants from moving forward with a class action against American Express, even though the cost of individual challenges would be greater than their potential benefit.

His most important opinion while a justice of the Court was a dissent in In re Neagle (1890), which expressed his conviction that the authority of the federal executive is limited to the powers specifically granted by the Constitution and statutes.

The latest instance of Tillerson clashing with his subordinates, according to Reuters, was a dissent memo from about a dozen Foreign Service officers accusing him of giving Iraq, Burma and Afghanistan a pass on a federal law opposing the use of child soldiers.

But even before last November's elections, Mr. Corzine was a dissenting voice in the party.

That, however, was a dissenting position.

Quentin Letts was a dissenting voice in the Daily Mail.

It is not speech". But his objection, being a dissent, has been ignored.

The first, emanating chiefly from university English and cultural-studies departments, is a dissent of evasion or denial.