Describe the measures the federal government has adopted to protect the environment. How do these measures distribute costs and benefits? Do they place onerous burdens on American businesses or do they allow those businesses too much latitude? Can local governments adequately address environmental problems, or do these problems require international solutions?
What will be an ideal response?
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About half a dozen U.S. states have legalized same-sex marriage.
a. True b. False
Political parties characterized by holding flexible goals and their orientation toward moderate or incremental change are referred to as _________.
A. ideological parties B. niche parties C. pragmatic parties D. center-right parties
Which of the following was identified as one of the primary questions of budgeting?
A. deciding reasonable debt reductions in light of public needs B. system-level allocation between the public and private sector; which activities justify government intervention C. how active the public is in budgeting policy D. constitutional question of whether Congress should more aggressively reassert control over the budget process
How do African American perceptions of the criminal justice system compare with those of whites?
a. Most whites and African Americans believe the criminal justice system is fundamentally unfair.
b. When the victim is black, whites and African Americas attribute police brutality to individual malfeasance by officers, not as racism.
c. Whites see the disproportionate percentages of African Americans in prison as discrimination, whereas African Americans see it as a product of greater criminality among African Americans.
d. Most whites believe the criminal justice system is fundamentally fair; most African Americans do not.