Cardinal Burke did not pay a price for speaking his mind.  He was removed from positions in which he served at the pleasure of the pope because the new pope judged that he was not the right person for those positions -- which is the prerogative of the pope, and one which the predecessors of this pope did not hesitate to exercise.  Moreover, Cardinal Burke had a soft landing, a golden parachute that leaves him entirely free to speak his mind and even more time in which to do it.  He has not hesitated to speak his mind -- we've heard more from him since he was removed from the Signatura than we did when he was serving there; and no-one has endeavored to silence him.  He's been treated more respectfully and more leniently than many others who served the church at least as well as he has served it.