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He Dissents Because It's Fun to Dissent

THE BALTIMORE SUN

Washington. -- When the late Justice Thurgood Marshall filed a dissenting opinion, he dissented passionately. Justice David Souter today dissents learnedly. Justice John Paul Stevens sometimes dissents petulantly. Justice Harry Blackmun tended to dissent windily.

2 James J. Kilpatrick is a syndicated columnist.

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