Today, the United States is the only western country to use which of the following to punish crime?

Suppose you are a successful homebuilder with many employees, and like other builders, your company will soon face a burdensome new regulation: in order to help keep the air and water clean, construction companies will now be required to capture or minimize the airborne dust and also contaminated run-off from construction projects (such as that created by rains). Like your peers (who are also represented through a strong and well-funded builder's association), you would like to avoid this costly new requirement. You believe it will cause you to lay off employees to cover these new costs. How might you try to go about trying to undo what has already become law?

What will be an ideal response?

Which of the following best describes how the major cabinet departments of the federal government were created?

A. Through congressional legislation B. When the Constitution was initially ratified C. By constitutional amendments D. By executive order E. Through congressional legislation and by constitutional amendments