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Congress Has Passed a Law Making It a Crime for a Person

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Congress has passed a law making it a crime for a person who does not have automobile liability insurance to operate a motor vehicle anywhere in the United States. The penalty for violating the statute is a fine of $1000 and/or a term of incarceration of thirty days. A group of citizens and several state governments have brought suit to challenge the constitutionality of this statute.
-The criminal law being challenged in this hypothetical case is an example of:


A) procedural criminal law
B) substantive criminal law
C) common law
D) decisional law

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