Her position on these things should be exactly diametrically opposed to what she's been espousing.

The figures are so diametrically opposed and so far removed from each other, that the Opposition is calling for a thorough examination followed by a full explanation of the differences.

There is a long chain of diametrically opposed positions, not least on social issues.

I think it's quite clear that both sides come into this process with diametrically opposed positions from the outset. It's going to be a very hard process to bring them together.

[Roberts] is in exactly the same position that O'Connor and others have been, ... he's going to be on the court for 30 years, and those issues will continue to come before the court. There's no legal or ethical obligation to get rid of your holdings. But the other justices seem to have made a pragmatic decision that (doing so) is best for the operation of the court.

PMP was in an almost diametrically opposite situation to Fairfax,