Multi Choice $-3$ points each

Big Corp Coalition $($BCC$),$ a political lobbying group, wants its tax policy enacted into

law. If BCC$\text{'}$s policy directly conflicts with the U$.$S$.$ Constitution, which of the following

will be able to enact it so that it will pass constitutional muster by the US Supreme

Court?

a$.$ any state legislature and Congress.

b$.$ any state legislature but not Congress.

c$.$ Congress but not any state legislature.

d$.$ none of the choices.

Louie, a citizen of Maryland, obtains a federal license to operate a commercial fishing

vessel throughout Chesapeake Bay. The Maryland state legislature enacts a law that bans

all commercial fishing in the bay. The state law most likely violates

a$.$ no provision in the U$.$S$.$ Constitution.

b$.$ the commerce clause.

c$.$ the due process clause.

d$.$ the supremacy clause.

Bob, an advocate and devotee of Pastafarianism, publishes an editorial in R'Amen

magazine $-$ Bob's vanity magazine $-$ insisting that Congress base all federal law on the

teachings of the Flying Spaghetti Monster and the good deeds emanating from His

Noodly Appendage. The First Amendment guarantees Bob's freedom of

a$.$ religion only.

b$.$ speech only.

c$.$ the press only.

d$.$ religion, speech, and the press.

Oklahoma enacts a law requiring all businesses in the state to donate $10$ percent of their

profits to Baptist churches that provide certain services to persons whose income is below

the poverty level. PriceLess Stores sues to block the law's enforcement. The court would

likely hold that this law violates

a$.$ no clause in the U$.$S$.$ Constitution.

b$.$ the establishment clause.

c$.$ the free exercise clause.

d$.$ the supremacy clause.