How do you spell Soviet Union today?

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The Wall Street Journal recently reported one of the most peculiar incidents I’ve read about in a long time: a Mississippi Supreme Court justice was ordered by the majority not to publish a dissenting opinion in what seems like a relatively pedestrian case.  Dissenting opinions are nearly as important as majority opinions because first they inform us of what the other side of an issue is, and second they often turn into majority opinions of the future, either due to changes in courts or changes in law.  It would be one thing for the court, by the way, to not want to reveal specific details of a case, but an entire opinion is beyond the pale.

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