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Already, some Democrats have privately speculated, if somewhat factiously, that a President Clinton could appoint Obama, a constitutional law professor by trade, to the court. 

From MSNBC • Feb. 4, 2015

The federal authority had so long been factiously opposed, that the popular respect for its laws needed to be renewed.

From Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams Sixth President of the Unied States by Seward, William Henry

The Lower House, however, was beginning to be, on the whole, somewhat factiously disposed.

From The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 by Roger, Charles

Why did they carry matters so factiously and violently?

From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George

I hold that whosoever sets up factious opposition to his leader factiously opposes his own safety.

From Anabasis by Dakyns, Henry Graham