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“[But yesterday's response to the nominee left that open to doubt. There was widespread dissent among Bush's usual allies on the right, who questioned whether the 60-year-old former corporate lawyer possessed the distinguished qualifications and conservative credentials they are looking for in a court nominee.] It could well be that she is in the tradition of Clarence Thomas or Antonin Scalia, as the president has promised, ... The problem is that those of us who were looking for some tangible evidence of that have none, and we can't come out of the box supporting her.”
Jan LaRue
“I call it a defeat for the government to try and put down dissent. As far as a victory [for us], we'll have to wait and see, but it certainly hurt [the prosecution].”
Daniel Burns
“I don't see any dissent within the government.”
Ulrich Wilhelm
“I can't recall any FOMC meeting with more than a couple of dissents from the message,”
James Smith
“This indicates a wider culture of control and intolerance of dissent.”
David Clark
“It's going to be hard for him to join that course of conservative dissent, ... If he does he might look again as someone pushing on the extreme.”
Christopher Borick
“This is a very, very conservative judge who in his dissenting opinions is overwhelmingly likely to be more conservative than the majority.”
Cass R. Sunstein
“These arrests are intended to gag dissent and to sow a climate of terror in the country. The independent journalists should be immediately released.”
Reporters Without Borders
“This 'no dissent' line was what we agreed in Manchester and is what will see in the Champions League this year,”
William Gaillard
“Rehnquist thought [the court] had gone way too far, and in many dissents was working to cut it back. He succeeded, and he began to succeed even before he became chief justice. He gradually cut back federal-court supervision of state prosecutions. [The death penalty ban] was reversed. And the limits upon prosecutors and police were rationalized and relaxed.”
Charles Fried
