Ginsburg, dissenting

[GoodTaste]

More recently, in upholding a ban on intact dilation and extraction abortion, the justices ignored evi- dence that for some women, this method is safer than alternatives (Gonzales v. Carhart, 2007; Ginsburg, dissenting). And over the past 2 years, the Court repeatedly disregarded research on how SARS-CoV-2 spreads.

Source: New England Journal of Medicine

What does dissenting here mean? Ginsburg dissented the case?

 

[5jj]

Ginsburg expressed disagreement with the decision of the majorityy.

 

[tedmc]

Who is Ginsberg?

 

[GoodTaste]

Ginsburg expressed disagreement with the decision of the majorityy.

Was it the decision in Gonzales v. Carhart, 2007 case? Or the decision in the very recent case of abortion?

 

[5jj]

Who is Ginsberg?

Ruth Bader Ginsburg - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[5jj]

Was it the decision in Gonzales v. Carhart, 2007 case?

That was when Ginsburg dissented.

 

[GoodTaste]

That was when Ginsburg dissented.

If it was the case, why not "Ginsburg dissented"?

 

[Tdol]

She expressed an objection as well as voting against. The objection stays on record in the decision.

 

[Rover_KE]

(Gonzales v. Carhart, 2007; Ginsburg, dissenting).

The comma after 'Ginsburg' looks wrong to me.

 

[Skrej]

The comma after 'Ginsburg' looks wrong to me.

Apparently that's a convention for citing dissenting opinions. Any extra details about the case are separated by commas.

https://guides.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/c.php?g=285494&p=1904514
https://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/2-200
This requires downloading a pdf, but here's a third source. I pasted a screenshot if you don't want to download pdfs.

 

[SoothingDave]

Was it the decision in Gonzales v. Carhart, 2007 case? Or the decision in the very recent case of abortion?

There has been no recent case on abortion. Only a leak of a draft of an opinion. No official decision announced, or opinions issued.

Also, Ginsburg is dead.

 

[jutfrank]

If it was the case, why not "Ginsburg dissented"?

We don't use past tenses when making citations. If something someone says goes on record, it's as if it's permanently 'there' in a timeless way, so we use present tenses.

 

[5jj]

we use present tenses.

I don't think 'dissenting' is present tense. It's a participle.

 

[jutfrank]

I don't think 'dissenting' is present tense. It's a participle.

Yes, a present participle, so it carries a sense of ongoing present time. That's what I meant.

 

[GoodTaste]

I don't think 'dissenting' is present tense. It's a participle.

And an adjective?

 

[jutfrank]

And an adjective?

Think of it as a verb. (She is) dissenting.