If a Justice Agrees with the Decision Reached in Another

question 13

Multiple Choice

If a justice agrees with the decision reached in another opinion but writes a separate opinion explaining her own reasons for reaching that decision, she has written a:

• A) dissenting opinion.
• B) plurality opinion.
• C) concurring opinion.
• D) holding.

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Definitions:

Inheritable Traits

Characteristics or features of an organism that can be passed from one generation to the next through genes.

Biological Ancestors

The direct lineage of organisms from which an individual has descended.

Epigenetics

The study of stable changes in the expression of a particular gene that occur without changes in DNA base sequences; the Greek prefix epi- means “on top of” or “in addition to.”

Gene Expression

The process by which information from a gene is used to synthesize a functional gene product, often a protein.