IN Bar Constitutional Law

Question 1

Under the First Amendment, which standard of review applies to a content-neutral government regulation of speech?

Accepted Answer

Intermediate scrutiny

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Strict scrutiny

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Rational basis review

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Compelling interest test

Question 2

The Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause requires strict scrutiny when a law discriminates on the basis of which classification?

Accepted Answer

Race

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Age

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Wealth

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Sexual orientation

Question 3

Under the Commerce Clause, Congress may regulate activities that substantially affect interstate commerce. Which Supreme Court case established the 'substantial effects' test?

Accepted Answer

Wickard v. Filburn

Answer

Gibbons v. Ogden

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United States v. Lopez

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Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States

Question 4

The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment prohibits the government from doing which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Establishing an official state religion

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Funding private religious schools for secular subjects

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Opening legislative sessions with a nondenominational prayer

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Displaying religious symbols on private property

Question 5

Under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which of the following is NOT considered a fundamental right requiring strict scrutiny?

Accepted Answer

Right to education

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Right to marry

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Right to interstate travel

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Right to privacy in reproductive decisions

Question 6

The Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment, incorporated against the states, requires just compensation when the government takes private property. A regulation that denies an owner all economically beneficial use of land is called a:

Accepted Answer

Per se taking

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Partial taking

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Regulatory taking

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Physical invasion

Question 7

Which doctrine allows federal courts to decline to exercise jurisdiction over a case involving an unsettled question of state constitutional law?

Accepted Answer

Abstention doctrine

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Political question doctrine

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Standing doctrine

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Mootness doctrine