MISSOURI RCAL COMPREHENSIVE
GUIDE 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
>> Law
Answer: Body of rules of action or conduct prescribed by controlling authority and having legal binding
force
>> Criminal Law
Answer: Designed to protect society, and the violation of criminal laws results in penalties to the
violator such as fines/imprisonment
>> Civil Laws
Answer: Designed to compensate parties
>> remedies at law
Answer: money damages
>> Equitable Remedies
Answer: Contracts, Environmental/Nusense Situations.
>> Constitutional Law
Answer: Foundation for all other law in the United States. Supreme law of the land.
>> 4 types of law
Answer: Common
>> Statues
Answer: Written laws passed by the federal/state legislature. Then either approved/rejected by
executive branch.
>> Ordinances
Answer: written laws at the local level
>> Administrative Law
Answer: Regulates the exercise of authority
>> Common Law
Answer: Law made by the courts
, >> Doctrine of Stare Decisis
Answer: Principle that similar cases with similar facts/issues should have some judicial outcome.
>> Precedent
Answer: Applying the law of previous cases to current cases with substantially similar circumstances
>> Article 1- Congressional Powers
Answer: Power to regulate commerce (Commerce Clause)
>> Article 2- Executive Powers
Answer: Power to carry out laws made by congress
>> Executive Orders
Answer: Force of law/typically issued by the president as a method to carry out executive functions.
>> Article 3 - Judicial Powers
Answer: Federal judiciary decides cases and controversies that fall within its authority
>> Courts have jurisdiction on cases based on
Answer: 1) Who the parties are
>> Judicial Review
Answer: Federal courts have the right to invalidate state/federal laws that are inconsistent with U.S
Constitution.
>> 3 Categories of Scrutiny
Answer: 1) Rational Basis
>> Rational basis review
Answer: Economic/Social Welfare
>> Intermediate-level scrutiny
Answer: Gender and commercial speech
>> Strict Scrutiny
Answer: Suspect Classification (race, color, origin)
>> Preemption
Answer: the power granted by the supremacy clause to override a state law
>> Interstate Commerce
GUIDE 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
>> Law
Answer: Body of rules of action or conduct prescribed by controlling authority and having legal binding
force
>> Criminal Law
Answer: Designed to protect society, and the violation of criminal laws results in penalties to the
violator such as fines/imprisonment
>> Civil Laws
Answer: Designed to compensate parties
>> remedies at law
Answer: money damages
>> Equitable Remedies
Answer: Contracts, Environmental/Nusense Situations.
>> Constitutional Law
Answer: Foundation for all other law in the United States. Supreme law of the land.
>> 4 types of law
Answer: Common
>> Statues
Answer: Written laws passed by the federal/state legislature. Then either approved/rejected by
executive branch.
>> Ordinances
Answer: written laws at the local level
>> Administrative Law
Answer: Regulates the exercise of authority
>> Common Law
Answer: Law made by the courts
, >> Doctrine of Stare Decisis
Answer: Principle that similar cases with similar facts/issues should have some judicial outcome.
>> Precedent
Answer: Applying the law of previous cases to current cases with substantially similar circumstances
>> Article 1- Congressional Powers
Answer: Power to regulate commerce (Commerce Clause)
>> Article 2- Executive Powers
Answer: Power to carry out laws made by congress
>> Executive Orders
Answer: Force of law/typically issued by the president as a method to carry out executive functions.
>> Article 3 - Judicial Powers
Answer: Federal judiciary decides cases and controversies that fall within its authority
>> Courts have jurisdiction on cases based on
Answer: 1) Who the parties are
>> Judicial Review
Answer: Federal courts have the right to invalidate state/federal laws that are inconsistent with U.S
Constitution.
>> 3 Categories of Scrutiny
Answer: 1) Rational Basis
>> Rational basis review
Answer: Economic/Social Welfare
>> Intermediate-level scrutiny
Answer: Gender and commercial speech
>> Strict Scrutiny
Answer: Suspect Classification (race, color, origin)
>> Preemption
Answer: the power granted by the supremacy clause to override a state law
>> Interstate Commerce
