Events for “dissent”

'Avengers' and 'white flags': How Indonesians are voicing dissent against the government

Vande Mataram and the right to dissent

The 2026 amendment protects Vande Mataram from being stopped or disrupted, but does not make singing it compulsory or prescribe all six stanzas; the Supreme Court’s Bijoe Emmanuel judgment protects an individual’s right to remain silent when participation conflicts with freedom o

6 months in, Iran's leaders are defying the U.S. and signaling no tolerance for dissent

Iran's new leaders evince little faith in any agreement with Trump — after coming under attack twice while holding talks — and they may be bracing for another assault once the U.S. replenishes its supplies of interceptors.

India crushes cockroach dissent as ‘Fix Schools’ campaign riles Modi

The Cockroach Janta Party’s ‘Fix the Schools’ campaign in India is facing pushback from BJP leaders and supporters.

Supreme Court allows some Trump vote-by-mail limits ahead of midterm election

The unsigned order lifted an injunction covering 23 states and Washington, D.C.; the court’s three liberal justices dissented.

Supreme Court lets Trump build White House ballroom as lawsuit continues

Chief Justice John Roberts dissented with three liberal justices, saying, "That construction is likely unlawful."

What the public thinks about the emergency docket

This column has generally been about what the emergency docket does: how fast the justices act, how often lower courts cite its orders, who dissents on it and in what form , and where denied litigants go when they refile.

Supreme Court rules blue states sued too early over Trump’s mail voting order

The Supreme Court lifted a judge’s block on President Trump’s executive order adding to mail voting requirements, removing a key roadblock that prevented the policy from going into effect for the midterms. Over the public dissents of the three liberal justices, the high court sai

Who is Justice Barrett?

In 2024, Justice Amy Coney Barrett ended the Supreme Court’s term with two dissents that complicated the usual descriptions of her as a textbook conservative. In Ohio v. EPA , decided on June 27, 2024, Barrett joined the court’s three liberal justices in opposing emergency relief