Lawyer Constitutional Law

Question 1

What is the standard of review applied by US courts to laws that classify people based on race?

Accepted Answer

Strict scrutiny

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Rational basis review

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Intermediate scrutiny

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De novo review

Question 2

The First Amendment's Establishment Clause prohibits Congress from doing what?

Accepted Answer

Making any law respecting an establishment of religion

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Funding religious schools under any circumstance

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Allowing prayer in any public space

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Taxing religious institutions

Question 3

Under the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment, what does 'procedural due process' require?

Accepted Answer

Notice and an opportunity to be heard before a deprivation of life, liberty, or property

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That all laws be written with absolute clarity

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A trial by jury in every government proceeding

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Congressional approval before any executive action

Question 4

The Commerce Clause grants Congress the power to regulate what?

Accepted Answer

Commerce among the states, with foreign nations, and with Indian tribes

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All business activity conducted within a single state

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Only interstate transportation of physical goods

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Taxation of imported goods exclusively

Question 5

What does the 5th Amendment's Takings Clause require when the government takes private property?

Accepted Answer

Just compensation must be paid to the property owner

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The property owner must be relocated at government expense

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Congress must vote to approve each individual taking

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The government must return the property after five years

Question 6

Which Supreme Court doctrine allows federal law to override conflicting state law?

Accepted Answer

Preemption doctrine under the Supremacy Clause

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The Non-Delegation Doctrine

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The Political Question Doctrine

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The Dormant Commerce Clause