Dissents, both opinions and votes, are particularly revealing. As I’ve explained numerous times on New York Court Watcher [See e.g., NYCOA: Criminal Appeals (Part 3)–Voting & Decisional Patterns (Mar. 13, 2019)] and elsewhere [See e.g., Great Dissents: ‘Matters of High Principle’ at the Court of Appeals, 94 N.Y. ST. B.J. at 23 (Nov./Dec. 2022)]–and as judicial scholars have
