_________________: Describes relationships between variables, but cannot test causal relationships

An example of the principle of consistency affecting a decision of the United States is ________

a. President Kennedy's rejecting a surprise air attack on Cuba b. President Kennedy's Bay of Pigs initiative c. President Bush's decision to invade Iraq contrary to the UN Security Council's wishes d. U.S. support of the Nicaraguan Contras e. U.S. condemnation of Russian forces breaking South Ossetia away from Georgia in 2008

President Lincoln demonstrated the wide latitude a president has in responding to a crisis with wartime actions such as

A. the trial of civilians in military courts. B. the suspension of habeas corpus. C. defying the orders of federal courts. D. the confiscation of private property without due process. E. All of these answers are correct.