Word: dissent
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...action was accompanied by a sharply-worded dissent by Commissioner Nicholas Johnson, a 36-year-old liberal Democrat appointed by President Johnson...
...Luzon, unable to control or even communicate with most of his men. Even so, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld his conviction on the dubious assumption that he had had power to stop the atrocities and therefore, as commander, he had been responsible for his army's conduct. In sharp dissent, Justice Frank Murphy wrote: "The fate of some future President of the United States and his chiefs of staff and military advisers may well have been sealed by this decision...
...political or moral content. This is the lesson taught by Justices Holmes and Brandeis. It was tragic that those Justices spoke for a minority half a century ago; it is horrendous that in this University today Holmes and Brandeis would still have to speak the voices of dissent. How incredible it is that the majority and one minority CRIMSON editorial would ground the denial of free speech on the moral inferiority of the speaker...
Actions contrary to this principle deny both speakers and their listeners the rights of free speech and assembly; they suppress dissent; and they create an atmosphere of coercion and intimidation hostile to the exchange of views. Such an atmosphere can produce an insidious form of censorship in which members of the University refrain from inviting certain guests or even from expressing certain ideas...
...these circumstances it is imperative that members of this University reaffirm their support of free speech and think through their responsibility to maintain it. We can defend the right to dissent within the broader society only if we protect that right within our own community...