In 2018, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, Who Was Appointed

In 2018, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, who was appointed by President Donald Trump, sided against the Trump administration in a major immigrant deportation case.His ruling came as a surprise to some observers, since an immigration crackdown had been the Trump campaign and presidency's signature policy issue.Historically, however, it was not unusual, reflecting a tradition of judicial:

A) activism, which involves justices consistently striking out in directions different from those who appointed them.
B) expansion, in which even conservative justices end up favoring increases in judicial power.
C) independence, since justices are more free than leaders of other branches to pursue their own ideas about what is right.
D) conservatism, in this case related to preservation of the Constitution's checks and balances.