Exam 4: The Constitution: Focus on Application to Business

In Consolidated Edison Co. v. Public Service Comm., the New York utility commission ruled that the electric company could not send its customers information in support of nuclear power. The Supreme Court examined this restriction applying several tests. Which test did it not apply?

The Supreme Court has held that freedom of speech under the First Amendment does not apply to commercial speech, such as advertising by business.

The U.S. Constitution is composed of:

Eminent domain is when:

"No state shall...deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law..." is a part of the:

In ____ the U.S. Constitution was ratified and became effective.

In Hughes v. Oklahoma, a statute passed by Oklahoma prohibiting the export of minnows out of the state, to help protect the specie, was held to be constitutional.

In Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council concerning a Virginia law prohibiting the advertising of prices of prescription drugs the Supreme Court held that:

When state action either shocks the conscience or offends judicial notions of fairness and human dignity it is violating:

A tax tied to a requirement to keep detailed records of explosives sales:

Fifth Amendment protection does not apply to:

Indiana imposes a one percent property tax on grocery stores built before 1970 and a five percent property tax on grocery stores built after 1970. The different tax rates are probably:

In McCulloch v. Maryland the Supreme Court held that federal government actions are "supreme" over actions taken by state governments.

In Japan Line, Ltd. v. County of Los Angeles, the Supreme Court held that is was constitutional for California to tax foreign commerce, so long as the tax was correctly apportioned.

The Seventh Amendment of the U.S. Constitution:

In Northwest States Portland Cement Co. v. Minnesota, the Supreme Court held that states may impose specific taxes on persons "passing through the state," if they are in the state for business purposes, not recreation.

Commercial speech, such as an advertisement, may be regulated if it:

If Congress imposes a regulation on business, the states:

States may constitutionally impose a special tax:

Wickard v. Filburn concerned the ability of Congress to impose controls on wheat growing, including a small farm that produced a small amount of wheat for use on the farm. The Supreme Court held that the controls were: