Exam 2: Sources of the Law

A new administrative regulation allowed the Social Security Administration to charge women for Social Security cards,yet enabled men to obtain the cards for free.A lawsuit was filed challenging the constitutionality of this new regulation.If you were a justice on the Supreme Court you would most likely:

A business asks a court to interpret the way in which a newly enacted shoplifter detention statute will be applied if the business,at some future point,detains a suspected shoplifter.The court may:

The law has built-in ________-on the one hand,a person discovers the ________ of the law when he understands the law's actual intent,while on the other hand,if a person holds to the ________ of the law the person may have missed the true meaning.

A court decides that a state agency,rather than a federal one,can control what government employees,in the course of performing their duties,are permitted to talk or write about in relation to official policies,procedures,and programs.Such a prohibition might appear to violate the employee's Constitutional right of free speech as a U.S.citizen.Analyze.

A state law restricts the sulfur dioxide emissions from electric generation plants more severely than those of the federal Clean Air Act.Must an electric generation plant obey the state law or may it follow the federal statute?

Ideally,the primary objectives of the law,such as harmony,stability,and justice within a society,should be balanced equally at all times.

Matrix Corp.is fined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for violations of workplace safety regulations.Matrix challenges the fine on the basis that it was not allowed to have a jury trial before being fined.What resolution will result?

Trade-offs rarely occur within the law.

Article III of the U.S.Constitution creates the U.S.Supreme Court and other lower courts.

Generally,if the Florida Supreme Court issues a decision,that decision would be considered:

According to ________,the third type of ________ in the law exists between ________ principles and ________ situations.

If Texas signed a trade agreement with Mexico which established tariffs and importing conditions for goods made in Mexico,the U.S.Constitutional objection to Texas' actions would be based upon the:

The Articles of Confederation created a strong national government.

________ is the process by which the courts decide that a federal statute must take precedence over a state statute.

A Massachusetts law prohibited governmental agencies of Massachusetts from buying goods from companies that conducted business with Myanmar.If the U.S.Supreme Court were to strike down this law,what might be the basis?

In the "Opening Case," current President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order in August 2017 ending the DACA program created by former President Barack Obama in June 2012.

The law is a delicate balancing act between the power of the state and the rights of individuals.

________ comes from the attempts of early English kings to establish a body of law for all the courts in the kingdom.

Generally,if there are no modern court decisions or statutes dealing with an issue in dispute,the court hearing the case will:

A ________ is a network of interacting conditions which ________ one another,while at the same time ________ change from agents outside and inside the system.