Correction.The article "Antonin Scalia, Judicial Activist" (October) mistakenly mis·tak·en v. Past participle of mistake. adj. 1. Wrong or incorrect in opinion, understanding, or perception. 2. Based on error; wrong: a mistaken view of the situation. referred to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia as the "swing vote" in Gonzales v. Reich; the vote in that case was 6-3. The article also erroneously er·ro·ne·ous adj. Containing or derived from error; mistaken: erroneous conclusions. [Middle English, from Latin err referred to Justice John Patti Stevens as the "sole dissenter" in Kyllo v. U.S.; he was joined in his dissent An explicit disagreement by one or more judges with the decision of the majority on a case before them. A dissent is often accompanied by a written dissenting opinion, and the terms dissent and dissenting opinion are used interchangeably. by three other justices. |
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