Explain whether a private letter from one person to another wrongfully accusing the recipient of a crime would constitute libel.

Government corporations generally

a. have broad power to establish regulatory policy and to increase revenue for the government. b. handle some of the functions that are essential for national security. c. function much like cabinet departments. d. provide staff assistance to the president, so that the president can devote time and attention to more pressing matters. e. are free from excessive interference by the president and Congress but are still subject to general policies established by the legislature.

What two major reasons led the U.S. to decide not to ratify the Kyoto Protocol?

a. the inclusion of severe, binding economic penalties for the failure to abide by treaty restrictions and too-harsh restrictions on less-developed countries b. expected economic damage to the U.S. and the failure to put limits on less-developed emitters like China c. the treaty’s targeting of the U.S. in particular and expected economic damage to the U.S. d. the refusal of less-developed countries to participate in treaty negotiations and the inclusion of severe, binding penalties for the failure to abide by treaty restrictions