June 2017 LSAT
Section 1
Question 24
Emil-Kunkin on November 28, 2022
Hi, the second paragraph of the second passage is intended to show how the appellate system is different from a trial court, in order to support the idea that appellate courts should not do their own research about the scientific literature. The author notes that trial courts have a number of powerful tools to discover the truth, even when faced with specialized fields in science. This suggests that the author thinks that trial courts are indeed able to handle specialized knowledge, which conflicts with B.