Wednesday, November 6, 2019

According to the ______ Amendment to the Constitution, all powers that the Constitution neither gives exclusively to the federal government

According to the ______ Amendment to the Constitution, all powers that the Constitution neither gives exclusively to the federal government nor takes from the states are reserved for the states. 
A. First
B. Second
C. Fifth
D. Sixth
E. Tenth
Why must federal legislation that affects business be based on an expressed constitutional grant of authority? 
A. Because the U.S. Congress passed a law to that effect.
B. Because the federal government has only those powers granted to it by the Constitution.
C. Because President Lincoln issued an executive order to that effect.
D. Because President Washington issued an executive order to that effect.
E. Because it is a custom.
The U.S. Constitution allocates the power of the federal government among _____ branches of the government. 
A. Two
B. Three
C. Four
D. Five
E. Six
What are the three independent branches of the federal government? 
A. Legislative, executive, and judicial.
B. Legislative, commerce, and safety.
C. Commerce, safety, and law enforcement.
D. Executive, safety, and law enforcement.
E. Law enforcement, judicial, and statutory.
How was the process of judicial review established, under which courts review legislative and executive actions to determine whether they are constitutional? 
A. By vote of the U.S. Senate
B. By vote of the U.S. House of Representatives
C. By vote of both the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives
D. By common law
E. By executive proclamation
Which clause provides that the Constitution, laws, and treaties of the United States constitute the supreme law of the land? 
A. The First Amendment, clause three
B. The supremacy clause
C. The commerce clause
D. The Eighth Amendment, clause one
E. The federalism clause
Which of the following is true regarding laws passed by the U.S. Congress under the authority of the commerce clause? 
A. As long as the law affects commerce among the states, or interstate commerce, in some way, the regulation is generally constitutional.
B. As long as the law affects taxation in some way, it is constitutional.
C. As long as the law involves in some way a right guaranteed by the Bill of Rights, it is constitutional.
D. As long as the law is approved by any state affected, it is constitutional.
E. As long as the law is not objected to by any state affected within six months of its passage, it is constitutional.

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