GBL 385 Exam 1 Questions and
Answers
The state of Massachusetts regulates employment, traffic, land use, and other
private activities to protect or promote the public order, health, safety, and general
welfare under
✓ ~~~the state's police powers.
BillyBob claims that certain actions by the federal government and the state of
Michigan infringe on rights guaranteed by the Bill of Rights in the United States
Constitution. These rights protect individuals and some corporations from
✓ ~~~the actions of the government.
A federal law prohibiting the use of a certain pesticide directly conflicts with a state
law permitting that use. The state law will be rendered invalid due to
✓ ~~~the supremacy clause.
Federal supremacy refers to:
✓ ~~~the power of the federal government to legislate in certain areas.
Lake City enacts an ordinance that bans the distribution of all printed materials on
city streets. Mac opposes the city's latest "revenue-enhancing" measure and wants
to protest by distributing handbills. In his suit against Lake City, a court would likely
hold the ban on printed materials to be
✓ ~~~unconstitutional under the First Amendment.
, The Michigan legislature thinks college students are subversive and wants to prohibit
college students from publishing their opinions in any student newspaper. The
legislature passes a bill making it criminal for a student to publish their opinions in
any University supported newspapers. The governor signs the bill.
✓ ~~~This law violates the first amendment"s provision for freedom of speech
AND
This law violates the first amendment's provision for freedom of the press
Under the commerce clause, Congress has the power to regulate
✓ ~~~any commercial activity in the United States that substantially affects interstate
commerce.
An MSU student, frustrated with all the lies being spread by advertisements in the
current election, decides that to protest he wants to burn an American flag. Standing
on his front lawn, the student sets fire to the flag. He holds the burning flag up by the
attached flag pole and waves it around. No one is nearby, but an East Lansing police
cruiser drives by and sees the student with holding the stick with remnants of the
burning flag. The police arrest the student for desecrating the U.S. flag.
✓ ~~~Burning a flag is an expression subject to protection under the 1st amendment
The Constitution sets out the authority and the limits of the branches of the
government. The term checks and balances means that
✓ ~~~each branch has some power to limit the actions of the others.
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