In 2007,a new 5-4 majority on the Supreme Court upheld a federal law that banned partial birth abortions in the case of Gonzales v.Carhart.This was the court's first ruling on abortion after the retirement of the justice who provided the decisive fifth vote to overturn laws restricting abortions in several earlier cases.The justice:
A)Warren Burger.
B)Earl Warren.
C)Harry Blackmun.
D)Sandra Day O'Connor.
E)William Brennan.

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The retirement of the justice who provided the decisive fifth vote to overturn laws restricting abortions in several earlier cases occurred in 2006 and was Sandra Day O'Connor. The fact that the ruling in Gonzales v. Carhart was the court's first ruling on abortion after her retirement indicates that she was likely the justice who previously provided the swing vote on abortion cases. Therefore, choice D, Sandra Day O'Connor, is the best answer.

In 2007,a New 5-4 Majority on the Supreme Court Upheld