Wow that’s a lot to read let’s see what I can do
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2) Politicians doubt that Sonia will be a capable Supreme court justice so she must go through a special approval process
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The claim in both argument is that
"Mountain City needs more equipments to remove snow."
the argument that suported this claim better is argument 2 because it gave specifiic things that is needed to remove the snow. it also explained why it is needed. "two of the four main streets that cross the city was blocked for well over two months" this specific phrase shows how much distruption the snow can do if it isnt removed.
Explanation:
A counterclaim is a claim that is made to rebut a previous claim.