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  3. The ethical judgments of the Supreme Court justices have become an important issue recently. The court cannot【C1】______its legit

The ethical judgments of the Supreme Court justices have become an important issue recently. The court cannot【C1】______its legit

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问题     The ethical judgments of the Supreme Court justices have become an important issue recently. The court cannot【C1】______its legitimacy as guardian of the rule of law【C2】______justices behave like politicians. Yet, in several instances, justices acted in ways that【C3】______the court’ s reputation for being independent and impartial.
    Justice Antonin Scalia, for example, appeared at political events. That kind of activity makes it less likely that the court’s decisions will be【C4】______as impartial judgments. Part of the problem is that the justices are not【C5】______by an ethics code. At the very least, the court should make itself【C6】______to the code of conduct that【C7】______to the rest of the federal judiciary.
    This and other similar cases【C8】______the question of whether there is still a【C9】______between the court and politics.
    The framers of the Constitution envisioned law【C10】______having authority apart from politics. They gave justices permanent positions【C11】______they would be free to【C12】______those in power and have no need to【C13】______political support. Our legal system was designed to set law apart from politics precisely because they are so closely【C14】______.
    Constitutional law is political because it results from choices rooted in fundamental social【C15】______like liberty and property. When the court deals with social policy decisions, the law it【C16】______is inescapably political—which is why decisions split along ideological lines are so easily【C17】______as unjust.
    The justices must【C18】______doubts about the court’ s legitimacy by making themselves【C19】______to the code of conduct. That would make rulings more likely to be seen as separate from politics and,【C20】______, convincing as law.
【C9】
选项 A、line
B、barrier
C、similarity
D、conflict
答案A
解析 考查名词辨析。“a line between…”意为“在…存在或划清界限”，代入文中，“法庭和政治之间的界限是否还存在”，符合题意，故A．line正确。barrier“障碍”；similarity“相似点”；conflict“冲突”，均不符合题意。
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