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The ethical judgments of the Supreme Court justices have become an important issue recently. The court cannot _1_ its legitimacy as guardian of the rule of law _2_ justices behave like politicians. Yet, in several instances, justices acted in ways that _3_ 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 _4_ as impartial judgments. Part of the problem is that the justices are not _5_ by an ethics code. At the very least, the court should make itself _6_ to the code of conduct that _7_ to the rest of the federal judiciary.
This and other similar cases _8_ the question of whether there is still a _9_ between the court and politics.
The framers of the Constitution envisioned law _10_ having authority apart from politics. They gave justices permanent positions _11_ they would be free to _12_ those in power and have no need to _13_ political support. Our legal system was designed to set law apart from politics precisely because they are so closely _14_.
Constitutional law is political because it results from choices rooted in fundamental social _15_ like liberty and property. When the court deals with social policy decisions, the law it _16_ is inescapably political—which is why decisions split along ideological lines are so easily _17_ as unjust.
The justices must _18_ doubts about the court’s legitimacy by making themselves _19_ to the code of conduct. That would make their rulings more likely to be seen as separate from politics and, _20_, convincing as law.

问题1选项
A.emphasize
B.maintain
C.modify
D.recognize
问题2选项
A.when
B.lest
C.before
D.unless
问题3选项
A.restored
B.weakened
C.established
D.eliminated
问题4选项
A.challenged
B.compromised
C.suspected
D.accepted
问题5选项
A.advanced
B.caught
C.bound
D.founded
问题6选项
A.resistant
B.subject
C.immune
D.prone
问题7选项
A.resorts
B.sticks
C.loads
D.applies
问题8选项
A.evade
B.raise
C.deny
D.settle
问题9选项
A.line
B.barrier
C.similarity
D.conflict
问题10选项
A.by
B.as
C.through
D.towards
问题11选项
A.so
B.since
C.provided
D.though
问题12选项
A.serve
B.satisfy
C.upset
D.replace
问题13选项
A.confirm
B.express
C.cultivate
D.offer
问题14选项
A.guarded
B.followed
C.studied
D.tied
问题15选项
A.concepts
B.theories
C.divisions
D.conceptions
问题16选项
A.excludes
B.questions
C.shapes
D.controls
问题17选项
A.dismissed
B.released
C.ranked
D.distorted
问题18选项
A.suppress
B.exploit
C.address
D.ignore
问题19选项
A.accessible
B.amiable
C.agreeable
D.accountable
问题20选项
A.by all means
B.at all costs
C.in a word
D.as a result
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