Though they don’t have legal force, why are dissenting opinions important to the supreme court’s work?

a)they present an alternative view and can later influence congress to enact legislation or the supreme court to reconsider its earlier position

b)they allow the court to rule congressional acts unconstitutional

c)they are an indication that some justices are not in step with public opinion

d)dissenting opinions occur rarely, because most of the time the justices agree with each other

Question 4 of 10 2 points how were the reasons for a person's enslavement different in west african cultures than in the atlantic slave trade? o a. in west african cultures, any unmarried man could be enslaved, while in the atlantic slave trade, only prisoners of war could become slaves. o b. in west african cultures, people had to be born into slavery, while in the atlantic slave trade, people had to commit a crime to become a slave. o c. in west african cultures, people could only become slaves if they owed debts, while in the atlantic slave trade, slavery was used to punish crimes. o d. in west african cultures, people were enslaved through war or as punishment, while in the atlantic slave trade, anyone could be ſom captured and enslaved previous obi