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- State v. Rivers, 129 Wn.2d 697, 921 P.2d 495 (1996) (Sanders, J., dissenting) (arguing Washington's "Three-Strikes" Law is unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment)
- Malyon v. Pierce County, 131 Wn.2d 779, 925 P.2d 1272 (1997) (for majority, volunteer chaplains for the Pierce County Sheriff's Dep't do not violate religious establishment clause)
- State v. Valentine, 132 Wn.2d 1, 935 P.2d 1294 (1997) (Sanders, J., dissenting) (arguing for common law right to resist unlawful arrest with reasonable force)
- Open Door Baptist Church v. Clark County, 140 Wn.2d 143, 995 P.2d 33 (2000) (Sanders, J., dissenting) (arguing county's zoning scheme which prohibits churches without a conditional use permit violates constitutional guarantee of religious freedom)