Chapter 11, Level 1 Self-Quiz: GII

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Your job is to analyze the reasoning involved in the following passage. You can do this by illustrating the logic involved. You should look for uses of logical operators such as conjunction, disjunction, negation, and conditional statements; sufficient and necessary conditions; and the analogical reasoning involved in the argument. Upon completion of your analysis, answer the question that follows.

The Oregon Supreme Court in Van Lom v. Schneiderman stated the following: "The guaranty of the right to jury trial in suits at common law, incorporated in the Bill of Rights as one of the first ten amendments of the Constitution of the United States, was interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States to refer to jury trial as it had been theretofore known in England; and so it is that the federal judges, like the English judges, have always exercised the prerogative of granting a new trial when the verdict was clearly against the weight of the evidence, whether it be other reason." 

Assume the following key:

Precedent case example: (A) "The guaranty of the right to jury trial in suits at common law, incorporated in the Bill of Rights as one of the first ten amendments of the Constitution of the United States, was interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States to refer to jury trial as it had been theretofore known in England. (B) It is that the federal judges, like the English judges, have always exercised the prerogative of granting a new trial when the verdict was clearly against the weight of the evidence. (C) It is that the federal judges, like the English judges, have always exercised the prerogative of granting a new trial when excessive damages were awarded. (D) It is that the federal judges, like the English judges, have always exercised the prerogative of granting a new trial for any other reason." 

Which of the following accurately reflects the structure of the reasoning?

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