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Constitutional Law | First Amendment | ESSAY
Hard
City A owns a downtown plaza connected to public sidewalks and regularly opens it for rallies, concerts, and festivals. After several noisy protests, the city adopted a speech ordinance. The ordinance prohibits "politica...
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. I, Perry Education Association v. Perry Local Educators' Association, Ward v. Rock Against Racism, Reed v. Town of Gilbert, Forsyth County v. Nationalist Movement
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Constitutional Law | Fourth Amendment | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Medium
...a theft use several methods to gather information: they listen from a public sidewalk, attach a tracker to a suspect's car while it is parked in the driveway, and obtain detailed long-term location records from a phone c...
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. IV, Katz v. United States, United States v. Jones
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Constitutional Law | Judicial Review and Justiciability | ESSAY
Hard
...rt. In the first, voters allege that their state government is not "republican" because the legislature allows statewide initiatives to override statutes. In the second, a federal judge removed after impeachment alleges...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, sec. 2, Baker v. Carr, Luther v. Borden, Nixon v. United States, Rucho v. Common Cause, Japan Whaling Association v. American Cetacean Society
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Constitutional Law | First Amendment | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Medium
...speech. U.S. Const. amend. I, Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. I, Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission
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Constitutional Law | Judicial Review and Justiciability | ESSAY
Hard
State A enacted a law requiring online political advertisers to file donor reports within 24 hours after any ad is posted. Violations carry civil penalties. A small advocacy group planned to run ads next month, but sued...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, sec. 2, Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner, Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus, Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services, Inc., Southern Pacific Terminal Co. v. ICC, Roe v. Wade
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Constitutional Law | First Amendment | ESSAY
Hard
...has no studies about billboard effects but relies on common sense and public complaints. The state also requires every supplement ad to include the statement, "This product is not approved by the Food and Drug Administra...
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. I, Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission, Zauderer v. Office of Disciplinary Counsel, National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra, West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
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Constitutional Law | Fourth Amendment | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Medium
A teacher tells a public school assistant principal that she saw a student selling vape cartridges in a hallway. The assistant principal calls the student to the office, searches the student's backpack, and finds vape ca...
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. IV, New Jersey v. T.L.O., Safford Unified School District v. Redding
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Constitutional Law | Tenth Amendment and Anti-Commandeering | ESSAY
Medium
...lation of states and commandeering state officials to enforce federal law. U.S. Const. amend. X, Reno v. Condon, Printz v. United States
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. X, Reno v. Condon, Printz v. United States
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Constitutional Law | Fifth Amendment and Takings | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Medium
...nment condemns a permanent utility easement across a ranch to build a public transmission line. The ranch owner agrees that the project is public but disputes the amount owed. The owner wants payment for sentimental atta...
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. V, United States v. Miller, Bauman v. Ross
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Constitutional Law | First Amendment | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Hard
A city council allows residents to speak for two minutes during a public-comment period on agenda items. A resident signs up to criticize a proposed zoning change as corrupt. The council chair bars the comment because "a...
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. I, Rosenberger v. Rector and Visitors of University of Virginia, Good News Club v. Milford Central School
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Constitutional Law | Due Process and Equal Protection | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Medium
A city ordinance requires that 25 percent of every public-construction contract be awarded to subcontractors owned by members of specified racial minority groups. A nonminority subcontractor who lost a bid challenges the...
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. XIV, Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena, City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co., Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Constitutional Law | First Amendment | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Medium
A city requires parade permits for marches on public streets during rush hour. The ordinance applies to all marches regardless of message, limits denial to traffic-safety grounds, requires a decision within five days, an...
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. I, Ward v. Rock Against Racism, Perry Education Association v. Perry Local Educators' Association
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Constitutional Law | Due Process and Equal Protection | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Hard
A state requires every child to attend public school and allows private or home instruction only when a state board finds that public school would be "educationally unsuitable" for the particular child. A parent who want...
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. XIV, Meyer v. Nebraska, Pierce v. Society of Sisters, Troxel v. Granville
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Constitutional Law | Due Process and Equal Protection | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Hard
A state statute provides that only United States citizens may work as public-school teachers, police officers, tax auditors, or janitors in state office buildings. A lawful permanent resident denied a janitor position ch...
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. XIV, Graham v. Richardson, Sugarman v. Dougall, Foley v. Connelie, Mathews v. Diaz
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Constitutional Law | Due Process and Equal Protection | ESSAY
Hard
City A awards contracts for public park construction. After a consultant reported that minority-owned firms had received only five percent of city park contracts over the past decade, the city adopted two ordinances. The...
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. XIV, Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena, Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp., Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Constitutional Law | Judicial Review and Justiciability | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Hard
...filed. In the first, voters argue that their state no longer has a republican form of government because state initiatives can override statutes. In the second, a removed federal officer challenges the Senate's use of a...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, sec. 2, Baker v. Carr, Luther v. Borden, Nixon v. United States, Rucho v. Common Cause
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Constitutional Law | Executive Powers | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Medium
The President issues a pardon to an aide for all completed federal campaign-finance offenses committed during the prior year. State prosecutors later charge the aide under state bribery law based on the same facts, and C...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. II, sec. 2, Ex parte Garland
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Constitutional Law | Executive Powers | ESSAY
Hard
...ent actions in federal court. The statute also creates administrative law judges who conduct adversarial hearings, issue initial decisions, and impose penalties unless the Director reviews them. The Director appoints tho...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. II, sec. 2, Buckley v. Valeo, Morrison v. Olson, Edmond v. United States, Lucia v. SEC, Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Question
Constitutional Law | Judicial Review and Justiciability | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Hard
...t. art. III, sec. 2, Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner, Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus
Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, sec. 2, Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner, Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus
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Constitutional Law | Commerce Clause and Taxing Power | ESSAY
Hard
State C enacted a tax on online retailers. The tax applies to retailers with more than $500,000 in annual sales to State C customers, whether or not the retailer has offices, employees, or inventory in State C. The ta...
Citations: Complete Auto Transit, Inc. v. Brady, South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., Comptroller of the Treasury v. Wynne, U.S. Const. art. I, sec. 8, cl. 3
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Constitutional Law | Commerce Clause and Taxing Power | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Hard
...in State D. Which statement is most accurate? The best answer applies Complete Auto and Wayfair: physical presence is not required when a remote seller deliberately makes substantial sales into the state. U.S. Const. art...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. I, sec. 8, cl. 3, Complete Auto Transit, Inc. v. Brady, South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc.
Question
Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Methods of Perfection | ESSAY
Hard
...ateral as "all assets." Lender did not file in Delaware. The debtor's public organic record in Delaware lists the exact name as "Green Valley Robotics LLC." Six months later, Debtor defaulted. Lender claims it perfected...
Citations: UCC 9-301, UCC 9-307, UCC 9-310, UCC 9-502, UCC 9-504
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Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Formation and Validity | ESSAY
Hard
...returns. They also told one close friend that they planned to have a public ceremony someday when they could afford it. Three years later, Sam and Lee moved to State F, which abolished creation of common-law marriages b...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws sections 283, 284
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Criminal Law and Procedure | Constitutional Procedure | ESSAY
Medium
...record includes facts suggesting that practice was unreasonable or incomplete in this setting. The opponent argues that custom ends the analysis. How should the court, tribunal, or decision maker resolve the dispute? Di...
Citations: Common law criminal doctrine, Model Penal Code principles, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendment criminal procedure doctrine