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A patient experiencing edema is also likely to present with:

Solve and check the equation. Begin your work by rewriting the equation without fractions. –  = 

Solve the equation. Be sure to check your proposed solution by substituting it for the variable in the given equation.6x = -42

19.  The Boy Scouts of America recently adopted a policy allowing youth membership regardless of sexual orientation.  Assume the Boy Scouts of America decide to reverse that position and prohibit youth membership based on sexual orientation. What is the most likely outcome based on U.S. Supreme Court precedent if the Boy Scouts’ reversal is challenged in court?  

Whenever Congress considers new legislation, the accounting firms and its lawyers do all of the following except

13.  The City of Los Angeles passed a zoning ordinance that limited the sale of sexually explicit magazines to a land area equaling approximately 4% of Los Angeles.  According to the language of the ordinance, the purpose of the regulation was to “reduce crime, protect retail trade, property values, and the quality of urban life.”  Assuming a group of business owners specializing in the sale of these magazines files suit, what is the most likely decision of the court based on U.S. Supreme Court precedent?

When wealthy Americans and corporations do not pay the taxes they owe via contrived tax shelters, average Americans must make up the shortfall.  On average, working Americans pay an additional _________ in taxes that should be covered by wealthy Americans and corporations.

Teddy Roosevelt was elected Governor of New York in 1898.  As Governor, his key accomplishments included all of the following except 

29.   The State of California passes a law limiting an Independent Expenditure Committee’s ability to produce commercials in support of a political candidate to one television commercial, one radio commercial, and one newspaper advertisement per election cycle.  What is the strongest argument against the law?

11.  An office of approximately 50 Public Defenders in a relatively small county in California was highly successful at beating criminal cases at trial.  The success of the Public Defenders was often a source of angst for the County Council, which was comprised of mostly conservative members.  A supervisor in the Public Defenders Office fired one of the most skilled and successful Public Defenders because she routinely spread false rumors about other employees in the office.  According to County rules, the County must approve all firings in the Public Defenders Office.  The County Council approved the firing because of the stated reason provided by the supervisor.  Assuming the employee files suit alleging the County fired her in violation of the First Amendment rights she exercised in defense of her clients to beat the Prosecutors Office in countless trials, what is the most likely result based on U.S. Supreme Court precedent?