One Reason Dissenting Opinions Are Significant to U

question 30

Multiple Choice

One reason dissenting opinions are significant to U.S.common law is that ______.

• A) justices rarely want to write them, indicating that a justice might not vote the way he or she believes in order to fall in the majority
• B) they are usually written by the chief justice
• C) they usually represent the opinions of the majority of the public, indicating that the Court regularly ignores public opinion when making its rulings
• D) they may have a lasting impact if the Court later changes its mind
• E) they provide different reasons why a justice supported the majority ruling than was written in the opinion

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