Legal positivists suggest people should not create law in conflict with the natural order.

According to the text, the U.S. welfare state is conservative because

A. it corrects the basic structural inequalities of corporate capitalism. B. it stabilizes the corporate capitalist system. C. it offers a more egalitarian alternative to the marketplace. D. generally, working-class and poor people support it. E. its costs and benefits are equally shared.

The controversy surrounding affirmative action programs has manifested in

A) ?state ballot initiatives that have permitted voters to approve laws banning state-sponsored affirmative action efforts. B) ?Congress developing legislation that would expand and redefine the quota system. C) ?Supreme Court rulings that have all abolished affirmative action programs in the workplace. D) ?an executive order by President Obama that prohibited preferential treatment of racial minorities and women. E) ?the Department of Labor mandating state-run educational programs about affirmative action initiatives.