Stewart, a construction worker, fell from a beam and suffered serious injuries. he sued his employer, sunrise construction, for damages. in most jurisdictions, a court will first impose lighter sanctions but eventually will dismiss a case if a party shows blatant disregard for court orders. over six years of pretrial motions, stewart was repeatedly asked to provide the names of expert witnesses he intended to call for his case. sunrise filed motions three times asking the court to compel stewart to answer the questions. the trial court entered three orders to compel stewart to answer and four orders allowing him extra time to answer. stewart did not respond. sunrise filed a motion to dismiss because of stewart's failure to comply with the orders. what would the court most likely do?

Voters commonly condemn politicians for being insincere, but politicians often must disguise their true feelings when they make public statements. if they expressed their honest views—about, say, their party's policies—then achieving politically necessary compromises would be much more difficult. clearly, the very insincerity that people decry shows that our government is functioning well. which of the following, if true, most seriously undermines this reasoning? (a) achieving political compromises is not all that is necessary for the proper functioning of a government. (b) some political compromises are not in the best long-term interest of the government. (c) voters often judge politicians by criteria other than the sincerity with which they express their views. (d) a political party's policies could turn out to be detrimental to the functioning of a government. (e) some of the public statements made by politicians about their party's policies could in fact be sincere.