“All you need to know about dissenting opinions is that the dissenters were on the losing side of the argument.”
Really? Here’s to Byron White and William Rehnquist, the dissenters in Roe v Wade. Their dissent will someday be the majority opinion.
And when that day happens that Roe is overturned (and I hope it happens soon, because 1 million babies are being killed a year), then the majority in Roe will be irrelevant. The matter will be sent back to the states. But until that day, it is irrelevant. Or we could always pass a constitutional amendment that overrules SCOTUS. You can pass a constitutional amendment for almost anything.