Exam 3: Business and the Constitution

Which of the following is a governmental power whereby the government can take or condemn private property for a public purpose on the payment of just compensation?

Which of the following is a principle allowing courts to protect certain rights deemed fundamental from government interference,even where procedural protections are present or where those rights are not specifically mentioned elsewhere in the Constitution?

________ enumerates the principle of federal supremacy.

The Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection guarantee has been made applicable to federal government action through incorporation of it within the Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause.

________ of the Constitution gives the President the power to execute or enforce the laws passed by Congress.

Government action that discriminates on the basis of illegitimacy receives full strict scrutiny.

Which of the following is true of the Commerce Clause in present times?

The Tenth Amendment provides that those powers the Constitution neither gives to the federal government nor denies to the states are reserved to the states or the people.This is an example of:

The ________ Amendment says that no state shall "deny to any person ...the equal protection of the laws."

Which of the following is true of noncommercial speech?

Under what two conditions is a governmental taking of property unconstitutional? Should both of these conditions be satisfied in order for a taking to offend the constitution,or is only one condition necessary enough?

The central question in most federal preemption cases is:

Which of the following is generally subject to a rational basis review?

Which of the following is a fundamental principal of American government,guaranteed by the Constitution,whereby each branch has some measure of influence over the other branches and may choose to block procedures of the other branches?

Which of the following would receive stricter scrutiny?

The Commerce Clause limits the states' ability to discriminate against interstate commerce.

Which of the following is true of the Contract Clause?

Supreme Court decisions interpreting the Commerce Clause have held that it sets up three categories of actions in which Congress may engage.Which of the following is not one of those categories?

Which of the following doctrines empowers courts to declare the actions of other government bodies unconstitutional?

Which of the following is also known as the "dormant" Commerce Clause?