Prophets with honor: great dissents and great dissenters in the Supreme Court

The uses of dissent

"Our Constitution is color blind": Plessy v. Ferguson, John Marshall Harlan dissenting

"The right most valued by civilized men": Olmstead v. United States, Louis D. Brandeis dissenting

"Equal justice under the law": Betts v. Brady, Hugo L. Black dissenting

"Freedom of mind and spirit must be preserved": Minersville School District v. Gobitis, Harlan Fiske Stone dissenting

"Equal representation of citizens": Colegrove v. Green, Hugo L. Black dissenting

"Free speech is the rule": Dennis v. United States, William O. Douglas dissenting

"It is a Constitution we are expounding".