James Madison was one of America’s first ______.

There has been little progress in curtailing green house gas emissions in spite of the following fact:

a. Green economic growth is big business for a few corporations. b. The broad consensus is that global warming threatens many places on earth. c. Finite resource extraction practices are not going to last forever. d. Every year another indigenous village in the arctic melts away stranding everyone.

7 Comments that go beyond what is necessary to decide the case before the court is known as:

a. dissent b. concurring opinion c. obiter dicta d. ex post facto c. equity