Exam 4: Business and the Constitution

Explain the process followed by the courts in accordance with the Chevron Doctrine to determine whether to sustain an agency's interpretation of the statutory scheme it is charged with administering.

The primary components of the Takings Clause are:

The "dormant" Commerce Clause requires that any state law regulating interstate commerce must further a legitimate state interest.

State power is restricted by:

Commercial speech,such as advertising,enjoys no First Amendment protection.

Greenmail's customers were receiving unsolicited electronic mails from Definition Mail.Greenmail blocked these mails and sent them back to Definition Mail.Due to such bulk mails coming in,Definition's clients terminated their contracts with it.Definition sued Greenmail for violating its First Amendment rights.Will the court uphold this case?

Under the Equal Protection Clause:

The case-by-case approach followed by the courts to resolve complex problems are always considered to be better in comparison with the procedures followed by administrative agencies.

Strict scrutiny:

If a person has been discriminated by the government on the basis of the fact that he/she is an illegitimate child,the regulation will be evaluated under: