What is an environmental impact statement?
a. A statement prepared by federal agencies detailing the potential environmental impact of a policy proposed by the government.
b. An analysis of how a private entity has negatively impacted the environment.
c. A statement prepared by Congress detailing the potential environmental impact of proposed legislation.
d. A notice of concern sent to all individuals and businesses located close to a Superfund site.
a
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In Griswold v. Connecticut, the Supreme Court ruled that
a. the Connecticut birth control laws violated the constitutional right to privacy. b. the Connecticut birth control laws were constitutional. c. a right to privacy exists, but it applies only to protections against the national government, not state governments. d. there is no right to privacy guaranteed by the Constitution.
In _________, the Court under Chief Justice Rehnquist ruled that strangely shaped legislative districts designed to produce African-American electoral majorities are subject to challenge under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
a. Mobile v. Bolden (1980) b. Thornburgh v. Gingles (1985) c. Shaw v. Reno (1993) d. Voinovich v. Quitter (1993)
What are inherent powers? Give some examples of how they have been implemented by presidents in the years since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
What will be an ideal response?
According to public law scholar Alexander Bickel, judicial review acts as a ______ force in our system.
a. countermajoritarian b. superminority c. ultramodern d. antidemocratic