Word: dissention
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...arguably need the money more - so you can see Schreyer's point. But last week Britain refused to budge, calling the rebate "unnegotiable." The dissent has teeth: Britain has the power to veto any proposed changes to the structure of E.U. funding. "I suspect the U.K. will be able to retain the rebate," says Robert Prior-Wandesforde, a European economist at HSBC. Last week the European Commission also celebrated a court ruling confirming that members must abide by the stability and growth pact, which mandates that euro-zone countries keep deficits under 3% of GDP. Germany and France - the euro...
...avoid serving—“Any government that would send my peers to an unjustified conflict overseas,” went one favorite, “does not deserve my participation.” My voir dire would be my bully pulpit, a chance to proclaim my dissent in ringing tones, overheard and applauded by dozens of Manhattanites. Plus, I wanted to get out early and buy cheap earrings from the vendors on Canal Street...
Once he took office, Jefferson's views on limited government didn't inhibit his muscular use of power. A born defender of the citizenry's right to dissent from and even actively oppose its leaders' decisions, he strongly aligned himself against the Alien and Sedition Acts, which had been signed by his predecessor Adams. (To the extent that certain elements of the current Patriot Act smack of oppression, Jefferson might find it alarming too.) And following the Louisiana Purchase--whose constitutionality he questioned but whose practical benefits he found irresistible--he boldly claimed the nation's far-reaching wilderness...
Reed, who writes frequently on dissent, is the author of Another Day at the Front
...Over 20 years of sentencing reform are all but lost, and tens of thousands of criminal judgments are in jeopardy." SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR, in a dissent to the court's 5-4 ruling that judges may not increase a convict's sentence based on facts not already established by a jury. The ruling casts doubt on the constitutionality of 20-year-old federal sentencing guidelines...