A court is evaluating the constitutionality of a law in a Substantive Due Process case. To determine the constitutionality of the law, the court is determining whether that law is necessary for the accomplishment of a compelling state interest. Based on how the court is evaluating the law, which of the following is most likely to be true?

Read the following paragraph from Justice Douglas’ concurrence in Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579 (1952).  The doctrine of __________________ was adopted by the [Constitutional] Convention of 1787 not to promote efficiency, but to preclude the exercise of arbitrary power. The purpose was not to avoid friction, but, by means of the inevitable friction incident to the distribution of the governmental powers among three [branches], to save the people from autocracy.  Which of the following phrases should be included in the blank?

In United States v. Lopez (1995), the Supreme Court struck down the Gun-Free School Zones Act as an unconstitutional, holding that Congress did not have the power under the Commerce Clause to pass this law. Which of the following most accurately explains the Court’s reasoning?

A suspect is arrested and subjected to custodial interrogation, but the police fail to inform them of their Miranda rights. During the interrogation, the suspect confesses to the crime. At trial, the defense moves to throw out the evidence of the confession so that it cannot be heard by a jury. Which of the following best describes what is likely to happen?  

Which of the following is most likely to be an example of a speech restriction by the government that would only be subject to rational basis scrutiny?

Identify the right contained in the Bill of Rights and the Amendment that it corresponds to.

Which of the following best describes the significance of Footnote 4 in United States v. Carolene Products Co. as it relates to the Equal Protection Clause?  

Which of the following statements about Fourth Amendment doctrine is TRUE?

Which of the following scenarios is most likely to require law enforcement to obtain a warrant prior to conducting a search under the Fourth Amendment?  

Which of the following statements best explains why the Supreme Court applied a different standard of scrutiny in the Railway Express Equal Protection Case than they did in the Loving v. Virginia Equal Protection Case.