Briefly summarize St. Thomas Aquinas’ definition of law.

Explanation:

St. Thomas Aquinas defines law as "an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community, and promulgated." By him, it must be an ordinance of reason since if it wasn't reasonable it would only be by the will of the legislator and based on his preference and not for the community that the laws apply to.

a historian researching the immigration policies of the early 1900s would expect a source written today,rather than in 1910 to :

( a ) be more interested in objective data and statistics.