In 2007, a new 5-4 majority on the Supreme Court upheld a federal law that banned partial birth abortions in the case of Gonzales v. Carhart. This was the court’s first ruling on abortion after the retirement of the justice who provided the decisive fifth vote to overturn laws restricting abortions in several earlier cases. The justice:

a) Warren Burger; b) Earl Warren; c) Harry Blackmun; d) Sandra Day O’Connor; e) William Brennan.


D

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One of the Optical Society’s goals was to ______.

A. recruit new members B. increase donations C. connect its members D. reacquaint former members

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Every production element must support the _________ or it will detract from the message

a. idea b. treatise c. concept d. theme e. none of these

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When someone sends a message in response to your initial message, such as laughing at your joke, he or she is sending __________

a) feedback b) feedforward c) a metamessage d) paramessages

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