LSAT 112 | Section 2 | Reading Comprehension: Q22

RC Question 22 Explanation

DISCUSSION: Lines 10-19 describe the shift in South Africa’s legal system. Parliament used to be supreme. Now courts can overturn laws on constitutional grounds.

The passage argues there are difficulties to this system, but that doesn’t mean the author thinks we should go back to the old system.

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1. Lines 10-19 also mentioned the role parliament had under the old constitution.
2. The passage did say the new system would be difficult, but it never argued we should go back to the old system. Certainly not in lines 10-19.
3. CORRECT. In the old days, you had to obey parliament’s law. Now parliament can’t make a law if it violates the constitution. If it does do that, citizens can ask the constitutional court to strike down the law. This is a completely different system. 
4. Same as B. The passage did say there would be difficulties, but it never said that making the court was a bad idea. Lines 10-19 definitely don’t criticize the switch.
5. We’re not told why there is a bill of rights. Presumably it was because the old constitution was repressive, but the passage doesn’t say, and certainly not in lines 10-19.