Answer:
The United States has few reserves and a very high consumption rate.
Explanation:
If the United States keeps using fossil fuels, they will run out very quickly and an alternative will be needed, the second answer choice supports that.
1974 - United States v. Nixon
This decision established that executive privilege is neither absolute nor unqualified.
Situation: President Richard Nixon's taped conversations from 1971 onward were the object of subpoenas by both the special prosecutor and those under indictment in the Watergate scandal. The president claimed immunity from subpoena under executive privilege.
The Court decided against Nixon 8-0.
Historical significance:
The president is not above the law. After the Court ruled on July 24, 1974, Richard Nixon resigned
Answer:
E. strengthen a claim by indicating that it applies even to exceptional cases
Explanation:
Answer E
Correct. In this sentence, the author makes the claim that melancholy can make one’s imagination “torpid” (sluggish), and that lack of appropriate occasions can prevent the mind from coming up with “sallies and excursions” (clever remarks). He strengthens the claim by extending it to the most exceptional cases when he indicates that it applies to any mind “however volatile,” that is, even to those that are normally the liveliest and most wide-ranging.
