Exam 4: The Constitution: Focus on Application to Business

The strongest claims of violations of protection involve discrimination based on:

Which of the following is a key part of the British constitution:

Ohio Phone,a regulated company,sends a flyer to customers with their monthly bill.One flyer tells customers that the Ohio Phone Comm.does not let the company charge fair prices and that the quality of phone service will fall.The Commission orders the company to stop sending mailings that discuss these issues,since the customers are forced to pay for the mailings as a part of their service.The Supreme Court is likely to say that such mailings:

Because the First Amendment says that "Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech" the Supreme Court has held that no statutes may limit speech.

"A well regulated Militia,being necessary to the security of a free State,the right of the people to keep and bear Arms,shall not be infringed" is the:

According to the Supreme Court,a Maine law requiring companies shipping tobacco products into the state to confirm that recipients are of legal age is an example of:

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 announced a test for such restrictions on information.Which of the following is not a part of the test applied to prohibitions on speech:

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

In Baccus Imports v.Dias,The state of Hawaii imposed a 20 percent tax on all alcoholic beverages except for local products.This law was found:

The Sixth Amendment addresses the right of persons to trial by jury in civil cases.

In Davis v.Michigan Dept.of Treasury,Michigan exempted from state income taxes the retirement benefits paid to state employees.The state taxed all other retirement income,such as retired federal government employees' benefits.This law was found:

The Seventh Amendment of the U.S.Constitution:

In Kelo v.City of New London,Conn. ,the Supreme Court held the city violated the Fifth Amendment's takings clause by forcing persons to sell their property so a private developer can gain control of it.

One important constitutional issue resolved in the 1819 case of McCulloch v.Maryland was:

The federal Clean Air Act sets specific pollution standards.California adopts even stricter pollution standards instate.This standard is likely to be found:

If Congress imposes a regulation on business,the states:

Port cities in California imposed a property tax on cargo containers used by Japanese ships for loading and unloading cargo.The Supreme Court held the tax:

Which of the following is a key part of the British constitution:

In Hughes v.Oklahoma,Oklahoma law forbid the export of natural minnows,to help protect the state's natural resources.When this law was challenged,the Supreme Court held that the law was inconsistent with the basic principle that:

Suits against the media for defamation are: