Exam 2: Constitutional Law for Business and E-Commerce

Assume that a city passes an ordinance that prohibits all smoking in restaurants and bars,except in outdoor seating areas.Evaluate an equal protection challenge to this ordinance.

The United States Constitution,as amended,serves only one (1)function: It creates the three (3)branches of government (i.e.,the legislative,executive,and judicial branches)and allocates powers to these branches.

Powers that are not mentioned in the U.S.Constitution:

The lawfulness of government classifications that do not involve suspect or protected classes is examined using an intermediate scrutiny test.

The United States Constitution itself provides that it may be amended to address social and economic changes.

Which of the following types of speech is protected by the United States Constitution?

When the states ratified the United States Constitution,they delegated certain powers called ________ powers to the federal government.

The two main functions of the U.S.Constitution are to:

The government cannot prohibit or regulate the content of fully protected speech.

An equal protection challenge to a statute that treats adults of different ages differently would be decided under:

With respect to commercial speech,the government can:

Burning the American flag in protest to a federal government military action is constitutionally protected symbolic speech.

The Commerce Clause of the U.S.Constitution gives the federal government the nonexclusive power to regulate commerce with foreign nations.

Commercial speech and offensive speech both receive only limited protection under the U.S.Constitution.

The Privileges and Immunities Clause provides that:

Following the events of September 11,2001,the government took many actions directed at preventing acts of terrorism.One of the first and most visible was increased intensity of searches at airports.When government personnel do the screening,the Equal Protection Clause applies.Should government screeners be able to search members of certain groups more rigorously than others? Is it constitutional to do so?

Which of the following is true regarding obscene speech?

Federal enumerated powers are also called reserved powers.

The judicial branch has authority to examine the propriety of actions by both the legislative branch and the executive branch.

Which of the following is considered to be fully protected speech under the U.S.Constitution?