Exam 4: Business and the Constitution

With the increase in federal regulation that followed the Civil War, the courts tended to focus on the Commerce Clause as a limitation on the federal government's power to regulate business.

Which of the following is true about administrative agencies?

Which of the following statements is true of Due Process and Equal Protection scrutiny?

If the governmental action has a reasonable relationship to the achievement of a legitimate purpose, it is declared constitutional under:

The states are prohibited from arbitrarily discriminating against persons by the _____ Clause of the _____ Amendment.

Which of the following statements is true of rational basis analysis?

Which of the following is true of the Takings Clause?

What does preemption of state powers mean?

Government actions that are procedurally fair may still be unconstitutional if they are substantively unfair.

According to the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, the federal government may substantially burden a person's exercise of religion if the burden results from a rule of general applicability.

The_____ protects people from arbitrary government interference with their life, liberty, or property rights.

The Takings Clause is triggered by the power of adverse possession.

The "dormant" Commerce Clause limits the authority of the states to interfere with the flow of interstate commerce by:

Which of the following is a feature of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?

In the case of a taking, just compensation includes the:

The Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 applies to actions by state governments.

When the government restricts the exercise of a fundamental right, like speech, courts evaluate the restriction using rational basis analysis.

Describe the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

Briefly discuss state power.

Mr. Gregg has made an inflammatory speech denouncing the action of the government in the recent war. In this scenario, the court will uphold the governmental restrictions on his speech only: