Which of the following statements is true regarding the Supreme Court?

A. Ideology has little to do with the ways Supreme Court justices rule on issues.
B. Whoever wins the 2016 presidential election will have little impact on the makeup of the Supreme Court.
C. In 2005 President George W. Bush appointed two new justices to the Supreme Court.
D. President Obama has thus far appointed one new justice to the Supreme Court, Elana Kagan.
E. President Bush's appointees have generally viewed as sympathetic to the rights of the criminal defendant.


Answer: C

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