With no explanation, chose the best option from "A", "B", "C" or "D". for forcible sexual abuse "makes sense only in the unusual case,” because ordinarily "it is 'difficult to conceive [how] the government could establish force beyond a reasonable doubt yet the [defendant] could prove consent by a preponderance of the evidence' ”) (quoting Gaynorv. United States, 16 A.3d 944, 948 (D.C.2011)). 41 . See, e.g., Tippett v. Daly, 10 A.3d 1123, 1127 (D.C.2010) (en banc). 42 . See also Gamble v. United States, 30 A.3d 161, 167 (D.C.2011) ("[I]nvalid provisions are to be severed unless it is evident that without those provisions, the legislature would not have enacted the remaining provisions.”) (internal quotation marks omitted). 43 . See Gay Rights Coal, of Georgetown Univ. Law Ctr. v. Georgetown Univ., 536 A.2d 1, 16 (D.C.1987) (en banc) (plurality opinion) (<HOLDING>). 44 . Barlow v. United States, 32 U.S. (7

A: holding that the words and provisions of a statute must be construed in a harmonious way
B: holding that a statute enacted in derogation of the common law must be strictly construed  
C: holding that a statute cannot be construed in a manner that would lead to an absurd or unreasonable result
D: holding that ordinarily a statute must be construed in a manner which protects its constitutionality
D.