Some religious displays are violations of the First Amendment. Therefore, some violations of the First Amendment are religious displays.
A) Invalid, illicit contraposition.
B) Valid.
C) Invalid, illicit contrary.
D) Invalid, illicit subcontrary.
E) Invalid, illicit conversion.

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This is a valid categorical syllogism in the form of "Some A are B, therefore some B are A." The premises state that some religious displays violate the First Amendment, and from that it can be logically concluded that some violations of the First Amendment are caused by religious displays.

Some Religious Displays Are Violations of the First Amendment