[1] Even today, the U. S. Supreme Court does not reflect the U. S. population. [2] Is was 1967 before the first black justice was appointed. [3] It was 1981 before the first woman was appointed to the Court. [4] It was 1986 before the Court had its first justice of Italian descent. [5] No person of Hispanic or Asian descent has yet been appointed as a member of the Court. The main idea sentence is
1. Sentence 1
2. Sentence 2
3. Sentence 3
4. Sentence 4
5. Sentence 5​

1. Sentence 1

Explanation:

According to the given excerpt, the author describes how the US Supreme Court does not reflect the US population as it has been slow in fully integrating people of diverse races into the system and up till now has no Asian or Hispanic has been appointed as member of the court.

The main idea in the excerpt is sentence 1 because it gives the main idea that the US Supreme Court does not reflect the population, while the other sentences are supporting details.

in ray bradbury's short story "a sound of thunder", mr. eckels's fearfulness leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.

in the story, mr. eckels, who is a hunter, hires a time travel company to travel to the age of dinosaurs. although he is excited for the hunting expedition at the beginning, when they reach there and mr. eckels sees the tyrannosaurus, he feels frightened. as he is afraid of the tyrannosaurus, he steps off the path although he has been warned not to do it. by stepping off the path, the entire course of the future is affected: mr. eckart alters the future by stepping on a butterfly, which causes a new man to be elected president in the future. in that way, it is mr. eckart's fearfulness what triggers 'the butterfly effect' and what leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.