Question

HELP ME PLEASE!!

Read this excerpt from a news article and then answer the question that follows:

Answer 1

Don't look to the Supreme Court for purple prose

The Supreme Court justices are nine smart men and women. But when it comes to writing, there's not a Shakespeare, Hemingway or even John Grisham among them.``Trying to pick between the justices in majority opinion writing is rather like asking me whether I prefer Miracle Whip or mayonnaise,'' says Indiana University law professor Charles Geyh. ``You will rarely see what I regard as good writing in Supreme Court opinions.'' Most of the justices' opinions were no threat to the late Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes and other great opinion writers of the past.Consider this gem, also by Scalia, in a decision in January involving the Federal Communications Commission's regulation of local telephone business: ``Respondents argue that avoiding this pari passu expansion of commission jurisdiction with expansion of the substantive scope of the act was the reason the `nothing shall be construed' provision was framed in the alternative: `nothing in this act shall be construed to apply or to give the commission jurisdiction' (emphasis added) with respect to the forbidden subjects.'' Got that?

Answer 2

Look at the section in bold. Then read the sentence that follows it. Why does the author of this news story write "Got that?" after this paragraph?

A.It is important to understand this before moving on.
B. The author is joking and does not think you "got it."
C. This is considered common knowledge by now.
D. The paragraph only covers the basics of the law.

Answer 3

THE SENTENCE IN BOLD: ``Respondents argue that avoiding this pari passu expansion of commission jurisdiction with expansion of the substantive scope of the act was the reason the `nothing shall be construed' provision was framed in the alternative: `nothing in this act shall be construed to apply or to give the commission jurisdiction' (emphasis added) with respect to the forbidden subjects.''

Answer 4

@skyphos

Answer 5

B? since its like an interview with Indiana University law professor Charles Geyh

Answer 6

any suggestions @MissRivera23 ?

Answer 7

B seems to make more sense to me