Con Law Exam 3 questions with verified
answers graded A+ passed
Gibbons v. Ogden - correct answer ✔✔THINK:NYC FERRY BOAT
*commerce clause*
Regulating interstate commerce is a power reserved to Congress under the
Commerce Clause.
U.S. v. E.C. Knight Company - correct answer ✔✔THINK: sugar refining/Sherman
anti-trust act
*commerce clause*
-Sherman anti-trust act was passed to control giant corporations
-Sherman Anti-Trust Act was constitutional, but it did not apply to manufacturing
-manufacturing is not commerce
Hammer v. Dagenhart - correct answer ✔✔Think: CHILD LABOR.
*commerce clause*
-production is not commerce, therefore congress cannot regulate
-regulation on production is reserved to the states
, -can also be seen as commandeering because there is a moral policy (child labor)
being adopted.
-can also be police powers (states deal with health safety and morals issues that
are not explicitly listed)
NLRB v. Laughlin Steel - correct answer ✔✔THINK: steel unions
*commerce clause*
-companies cannot discriminate for exercising their fundamental right to unionize.
-proper exercise of congress to regulate interstate commerce.
Wickard v. Filburn - correct answer ✔✔THINK: wheat farming
Can Congress regulate intrastate activity under its commerce clause?
-power to regulate commerce includes the power to regulate the prices at which
commodities in that commerce are dealt in and practices affecting such practices.
Heart of Atlanta v. U.S. - correct answer ✔✔THINK: motel
civil rights act was a proper exercise of the commerce power and that Congress
was within its power to prohibit racial discrimination. Congress can promote
interstate commerce, they can also regulate it.
answers graded A+ passed
Gibbons v. Ogden - correct answer ✔✔THINK:NYC FERRY BOAT
*commerce clause*
Regulating interstate commerce is a power reserved to Congress under the
Commerce Clause.
U.S. v. E.C. Knight Company - correct answer ✔✔THINK: sugar refining/Sherman
anti-trust act
*commerce clause*
-Sherman anti-trust act was passed to control giant corporations
-Sherman Anti-Trust Act was constitutional, but it did not apply to manufacturing
-manufacturing is not commerce
Hammer v. Dagenhart - correct answer ✔✔Think: CHILD LABOR.
*commerce clause*
-production is not commerce, therefore congress cannot regulate
-regulation on production is reserved to the states
, -can also be seen as commandeering because there is a moral policy (child labor)
being adopted.
-can also be police powers (states deal with health safety and morals issues that
are not explicitly listed)
NLRB v. Laughlin Steel - correct answer ✔✔THINK: steel unions
*commerce clause*
-companies cannot discriminate for exercising their fundamental right to unionize.
-proper exercise of congress to regulate interstate commerce.
Wickard v. Filburn - correct answer ✔✔THINK: wheat farming
Can Congress regulate intrastate activity under its commerce clause?
-power to regulate commerce includes the power to regulate the prices at which
commodities in that commerce are dealt in and practices affecting such practices.
Heart of Atlanta v. U.S. - correct answer ✔✔THINK: motel
civil rights act was a proper exercise of the commerce power and that Congress
was within its power to prohibit racial discrimination. Congress can promote
interstate commerce, they can also regulate it.
