Which statement provides the information needed to better understand the direct quotation it contains?

Excited about what has occurred, Elias Boudinot takes time to reflect, writing, “The laws of the State are declared by the highest judicial tribunal in the Country null and void” (2).
Stand Watie and Elias Boudinot were brothers, and in one letter from Boudinot to Watie, Boudinot explains, “The laws of the State are declared by the highest judicial tribunal in the Country null and void” (2).
Elias Boudinot shares the happy news, telling him, “The laws of the State are declared by the highest judicial tribunal in the Country null and void” (2).
In a letter to Stand Watie, Elias Boudinot expresses his excitement about the Supreme Court ruling against Georgia, stating, “The laws of the State are declared by the highest judicial tribunal in the Country null and void” (2).

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Which statement provides the information needed to better understand the direct quotation it contains?

Excited about what has occurred, Elias Boudinot takes time to reflect, writing, “The laws of the State are declared by the highest judicial tribunal in the Country null and void” (2).
Stand Watie and Elias Boudinot were brothers, and in one letter from Boudinot to Watie, Boudinot explains, “The laws of the State are declared by the highest judicial tribunal in the Country null and void” (2).
Elias Boudinot shares the happy news, telling him, “The laws of the State are declared by the highest judicial tribunal in the Country null and void” (2).
In a letter to Stand Watie, Elias Boudinot expresses his excitement about the Supreme Court ruling against Georgia, stating, “The laws of the State are declared by the highest judicial tribunal in the Country null and void” (2).