All of the following environmental actions occurred during the Obama administration EXCEPT
A. the EPA was captured by interests of the coal and oil industries.
B. the EPA issued a finding that greenhouse gases threaten public health and welfare.
C. the EPA issued rules making new coal-based power plants nearly impossible to construct.
D. President Obama prevented the Keystone XL pipeline from being constructed.
E. President Obama issued new EPA rules to cut emissions from existing power plants.
Answer: A
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Judges who go beyond the words of the Constitution to consider the broader societal implications of their decisions are demonstrating judicial
a. temperament. b. restraint. c. activism. d. review.
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a. Eleventh Amendment b. Twelfth Amendment c. Fourteenth Amendment d. Fifteenth Amendment
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