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Charles Evans Hughes

Dissents are appeals to the brooding spirit of the law, to the intelligence of another day.

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Dissents ask future judges to reconsider a legal issue with fresh insight and wisdom that may develop over time. They rely on the hope that later generations will better understand the law's deeper purpose and correct past mistakes.

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