Dissenting opinions are a crucial part of the process. They're frequently cited by lower courts and in future supreme court cases.

The supremes don't always get it right. Dissenting opinions are the mechanism for expressing that reality.

We let them be part of the process by tradition. They’re not constitutional, and they’re irrelevant to the outcome. They’re essentially a participation trophy and they politicize the opinions by offering a glimpse of what could’ve been if the court was packed differently.