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Dissenting in Massachusetts, Justice Antonin Scalia wrote that from the court’s reasoning, “it follows that everything airborne, from Frisbees to flatulence, qualifies as an ‘air pollutant.’

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

Dissenting alone, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said the court should not have intervened.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2025

Dissenting in the Bruen case last year, Justice Stephen G. Breyer wrote that the new test asked judges to perform unfamiliar tasks.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2023

Dissenting supervisors said they were astonished that a city that cherished its activism, diversity and privacy would even consider giving such powers to law enforcement.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 29, 2022

The influence of the Establishment is supplemented by the Dissenting Churches, which are numerous and active, and in their spheres doing great good.

From From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn by Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn)