Exam 4: The Constitution: Focus on Application to Business

Regulatory takings cases indicate that:

The Constitution of the United Kingdom was written initially in 1707.

When a company challenges a regulation restricting commercial speech, the state bears the burden of showing the regulation is justified.

States may not copy federal regulations if:

The states may insist Congress allow them to share regulatory responsibilities.

Sometimes states legislate on the same subject as Congress. If Congress passes a regulation:

Which of the following restrictions on commercial speech were held to be constitutional by the Supreme Court?

Bury-It Landfill operates a successful business disposing of refuse from Alabama and other states. In response to pressure from the environmental lobby, the Alabama legislature passes a law prohibiting Alabama landfill operators from accepting any out-of-state garbage. Bury-It challenges the law as unconstitutional. The landfill operator is likely to:

Under the Fifth Amendment's takings clause, the government cannot force a person to sell it property if the government wants the property.

Braswell v. U.S. involved the sole shareholder of a company who refused to produce company records that were subpoenaed. To protect himself, he successfully invoked the Fifth Amendment rule against self-incrimination.

You own a house on land that is subject to local zoning regulations. When you apply for a building permit to enlarge your house, the zoning officials tell you that you will get the permit only if you give half of your backyard to the local parks department. This is probably unconstitutional.

Restrictions on misleading commercial speech are generally constitutional.

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause...." is the:

In Katzenbach v. McClung, the Supreme Court held that Congress had, in passing the Civil Rights Act of 1964, used which basis for applying federal regulations to a small restaurant?

George Washington presided over a convention at which the U.S. Constitution was drafted in which city?

The Supreme Court has held that taxes may not have a "crushing effect on businesses."

States may not impose taxes that:

The Uniform Division of Income for Tax Purposes Act uses which of the following factors to divide a company's income:

With regard to state taxation, a major controversy today is:

According to the Supreme Court, an Arizona law restricting the length of trains in the state is an example of: