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Constitutional Law | Tenth Amendment and Anti-Commandeering | ESSAY
Medium
...river Data Privacy Act after finding that state motor-vehicle records and private resale lists were sold nationwide. The Act forbids any person, including a state motor-vehicle agency or a private data broker, from selli...
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. X, Reno v. Condon, Printz v. United States
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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 | Judicial Review and Justiciability | ESSAY
Hard
...First Amendment. The state had sent warning letters to similar groups and refused to promise that it would not enforce the law. After the district court denied the state's motion to dismiss, the legislature repealed the...
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 | Executive Powers | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Medium
...ater charge the aide under state bribery law based on the same facts, and Congress continues impeachment proceedings against the aide for prior federal office misconduct. Which statement is most accurate? The best answer...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. II, sec. 2, Ex parte Garland
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Constitutional Law | Fourth Amendment | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Medium
...tach a tracker to a suspect's car while it is parked in the driveway, and obtain detailed long-term location records from a phone company. The suspect argues that each method was a Fourth Amendment search. Which statemen...
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. IV, Katz v. United States, United States v. Jones
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Constitutional Law | Judicial Review and Justiciability | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Hard
...ivil-rights group plans to distribute anonymous flyers criticizing a candidate next week. The city attorney has sent letters to similar groups warning that the ordinance will be enforced, and the group has canceled print...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, sec. 2, Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner, Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus
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Constitutional Law | Tenth Amendment and Anti-Commandeering | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Medium
...gress found that short-term rental platforms affect interstate travel and housing markets. A federal statute requires each state legislature to enact a state licensing law for short-term rental hosts. The same statute di...
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. X, New York v. United States, Murphy v. NCAA
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Constitutional Law | Commerce Clause and Taxing Power | ESSAY
Hard
...C. Revenue from the tax funds roads, consumer-protection enforcement, and digital-fraud investigations that benefit online transactions in the state. An out-of-state retailer with $3 million in annual State C sales chall...
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
...elivered into the state. The tax applies at the same rate to in-state and out-of-state retailers, is measured only by sales delivered to State D customers, and funds roads, courts, consumer-fraud enforcement, and other s...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. I, sec. 8, cl. 3, Complete Auto Transit, Inc. v. Brady, South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc.
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Criminal Law and Procedure | Constitutional Procedure | ESSAY
Medium
...arguments for each side, state the controlling rule for criminal law and procedure: Constitutional Procedure, apply it to the material facts, and explain the likely remedy or consequence. This essay tests criminal law a...
Citations: Common law criminal doctrine, Model Penal Code principles, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendment criminal procedure doctrine
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Constitutional Law | Due Process and Equal Protection | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Medium
...ent is most accurate? The best answer recognizes both the entitlement and the flexible Mathews approach to process. U.S. Const. amend. XIV, Board of Regents v. Roth, Mathews v. Eldridge, Goldberg v. Kelly
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. XIV, Board of Regents v. Roth, Mathews v. Eldridge, Goldberg v. Kelly
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Constitutional Law | Tenth Amendment and Anti-Commandeering | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Medium
...lete. The checks require reviewing local records, calling references, and reporting disqualifying information to a federal agency. A police chief refuses to perform the checks. Which statement is most accurate under the...
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. X, Printz v. United States
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Constitutional Law | Judicial Review and Justiciability | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Hard
...in federal court, alleging that the statute violated the Constitution and that a federal officer had refused to deliver a signed commission even though all legal prerequisites for the commission had been completed. The c...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, sec. 2, Marbury v. Madison