Four justices wrote concurrences or dissents speaking only for themselves. He wrote 247 opinions for the Court, 132 concurring opinions, and 251 dissents. Justices O'Connor and Brennan both filed dissents. Justices Breyer and Sotomayor both filed dissents. Although it was "per curiam", there were multiple concurrences and dissents. Rehnquist and Scalia joined each other's concurrence/dissents. Only two justices have written more dissents. Justices Breyer and Sotomayor both read aloud versions of their dissents from the bench. But the mind is no mere passive recipient of impressions&colon; the mind assents or dissents. Two of the ICJ judges criticised this decision in strongly worded dissents. The court's ruling generated two dissents. Scalia and Thomas each wrote additional dissents which the other joined. Foremost amongst his notable dissents is his opinion in Puttaswamy (II) v. Union of India. On social issues, LCR either dissents from socially conservative Republican views or is neutral. With few dissents, newspapers blamed the May Day marchers for provoking the nationalists' response.