The most unorthodox dissent

The most unorthodox dissent

In Dissent is a recurring series by Anastasia Boden on Supreme Court dissents that have shaped (or reshaped) our country. On Aug. 3, 1973, a single Supreme Court justice – working alone, far from Washington, D.C. – ordered the president of the United States to stop bombing Cambodia. He was swiftly overruled by the eight other justices, who, via hastily arranged phone calls, agreed to take immediate action to avoid a constitutional crisis. Justic…