What does the word regulator mean as it is used in the passage

What is the purpose of the scene in leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich in which ivan ilyich thinks about the following logical argument, known as a syllogism?

According to warren in the brown opinion, how did conditions change between the time the fourteenth amendment was adopted and the time the supreme court considered brown v. board of education?

How do sotomayor’s descriptions of her family most likely affect readers? they show readers how latina families decorate their homes. they give readers images of the importance of family. they describe the struggle sotomayor endured in becoming a judge. they give readers feelings of hopelessness and desperation.