OK Bar Constitutional Law Flashcards
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What is the 'state action' requirement under the Fourteenth Amendment?
Answer: Constitutional rights generally only protect against government, not private, conduct
The Fourteenth Amendment's protections apply only to government actors, not purely private conduct.
Under the non-delegation doctrine, Congress may delegate legislative power to agencies if it provides:
Answer: An intelligible principle to guide the agency
Delegations of legislative power are constitutional so long as Congress supplies an intelligible principle to guide agency discretion.
Executive privilege protects presidential communications from disclosure but is:
Answer: Subject to override when there is a demonstrated specific need for evidence
Executive privilege is a qualified privilege that may be overcome by a demonstrated, specific evidentiary need as established in United States v. Nixon.
The Establishment Clause is MOST accurately described as prohibiting:
Answer: Government laws respecting an establishment of religion
The Establishment Clause forbids government laws respecting an establishment of religion, preventing official state sponsorship of religion.
Oklahoma's constitution, compared to the U.S. Constitution, generally:
Answer: May provide greater, but not lesser, individual rights
State constitutions may provide broader protections than the federal constitution but cannot provide less than the federal floor.
A bill of attainder is unconstitutional because it:
Answer: Inflicts punishment on named individuals without a judicial trial
The Constitution expressly prohibits bills of attainder, which are legislative acts that punish specific individuals without trial.