AL Bar Constitutional Law 3

Question 1

The political question doctrine bars courts from deciding matters that are:

Accepted Answer

Committed to another branch by the Constitution or lack judicially manageable standards

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Politically unpopular

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Brought by political parties

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Related to elections

Question 2

Prior restraints on speech are presumptively unconstitutional because they:

Accepted Answer

Suppress speech before it occurs, chilling protected expression

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Violate the Takings Clause

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Constitute a bill of attainder

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Deny procedural due process automatically

Question 3

Under the nondelegation doctrine, Congress may delegate legislative power to administrative agencies only if it provides:

Accepted Answer

An intelligible principle to guide agency discretion

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An explicit authorization statute

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Annual appropriations approval

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Senate confirmation of agency heads

Question 4

The Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment protects:

Accepted Answer

Rights of national citizenship only, per the Slaughterhouse Cases

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All fundamental rights from state infringement

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Economic liberties broadly defined

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Rights enumerated in the Bill of Rights

Question 5

Content-neutral restrictions on speech are evaluated under which standard?

Accepted Answer

Intermediate scrutiny / time-place-manner test

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Strict scrutiny

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Rational basis

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Per se invalidity

Question 6

Which clause prohibits Congress from passing a law that declares a specific person or group guilty of a crime without a trial?

Accepted Answer

Bill of Attainder Clause

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Ex Post Facto Clause

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Due Process Clause

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Equal Protection Clause