OH Bar OH Bar Constitutional Law

Question 1

Under the First Amendment, what is the primary test applied to content-neutral restrictions on speech in a public forum?

Accepted Answer

Intermediate scrutiny (time, place, manner)

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Strict scrutiny

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Rational basis

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Undue burden

Question 2

Which clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits states from denying any person equal protection of the laws?

Accepted Answer

Equal Protection Clause

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Due Process Clause

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Privileges or Immunities Clause

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Commerce Clause

Question 3

Under dormant Commerce Clause doctrine, a state law that facially discriminates against interstate commerce is subject to what level of scrutiny?

Accepted Answer

Strict scrutiny / near-per-se invalidity

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Rational basis review

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Intermediate scrutiny

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Undue burden balancing

Question 4

In Ohio, the Ohio Supreme Court has held that the Ohio Constitution's search and seizure provisions may provide what level of protection compared to the Fourth Amendment?

Accepted Answer

Greater protection than the federal standard

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Identical protection only

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Less protection than the federal standard

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No independent protection

Question 5

The Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment, made applicable to states through the Fourteenth Amendment, requires what when government takes private property for public use?

Accepted Answer

Just compensation

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Legislative approval only

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Proof of public necessity

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Return of the property within five years

Question 6

Which constitutional doctrine limits federal courts to deciding only actual 'cases or controversies,' requiring parties to have standing?

Accepted Answer

Article III Justiciability

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Political Question Doctrine

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Abstention Doctrine

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Preemption Doctrine