Exam 3: Business and the Constitution

The Supreme Court judicially created a means-ends test because:

Enumerated powers are those powers that ________ can exercise.

The Contract Clause applies only to state laws that impair past contracts-contracts made before passage of the state law in question.

The sex discrimination test is an example of the:

Which of the following is a broad state power to regulate for the public health,safety,morals,and welfare?

The exercise of the power of judicial review depends on the court's reading of the Constitution.

The First Amendment provides that "Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech." What is often described as being at the "core" of the First Amendment?

Congress cannot invalidate state laws that are passed pursuant to the state's police power.

The equal protection standard is generally judged in a lenient manner.However,laws that discriminate regarding ________ are made to undergo a much more rigorous test.

Both Congress and state legislatures can make laws within areas covered under their concurrent powers,unless Congress preempts state regulation under the:

The U.S.Constitution provides distinct powers to Congress,the President,and the federal courts.This is the principle of:

Congress has the power to regulate commerce among the states.Pursuant to this power,Congress passed legislation forbidding women from crossing state lines to buy or sell goods.Will the statute be held constitutional?

Which of the following gives the President executive power?

In general,which of the following is least likely to unconstitutionally burden interstate commerce?

Corporations engaging in political expression are entitled to the same First Amendment protection as an individual engaged in such speech.

Today,social and economic regulations generally receive rational basis review when they are challenged on the grounds of equal protection.

The case in the text,National Federation of Independent Business v.Sebelius,is an example of a case where the U.S.Supreme Court analyzed the limitations of Congress's:

Federal legislation may be found to be constitutional even if it is not based on a power specifically stated in the Constitution.

What was the original reason for granting Congress the power to regulate interstate commerce after the Revolution?

Article III of the Constitution determines the types of cases the federal courts may decide.