Chief Justice Roberts' role in Supreme Court decisions on issues like environmental protection and partial-birth abortion indicate that he had what type of views at the time?

A. He believed in judicial activism.
B. He leaned toward more conservative ideologies.
C. He strictly interpreted the Constitution.
D. He supported the rights of the individual over the rights of the states.
E. He put states' rights ahead of the rights of the federal government.


Answer: B

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