1. An epistemological framework that assumes that the law and the courts are relatively autonomous of the ruling class would be consistent with which of the following?

1. The law and the courts would act as an instrument of the ruling class and rule in their favor in cases involving race/racism as an expression of white supremacy
2. The law and the court would rule against the ruling class in cases involving race/racism in the interest of preserving the socio-economic order
3. The ruling class controls the law and the courts and direct those institutions to enforce white privilege
4. None of the following