Multiple Choice
1. Colorado passes a hotel tax of 8 percent for Colorado residents and 15 percent for out-of-state visitors. The new law
A. Is valid, based on the Supremacy Clause
B. Is void, based on the Supremacy Clause
C. Is valid, based on the Commerce Clause
D. Is void, based on the Commerce Clause
E. Is void, based on the Takings Clause
2. Suppose a state legislature approves an education plan for the next year that budgets $35 million for boys’ athletics and $25 million for girls’ athletics. Legislators explain the difference by saying, “In our experience, boys simply care more about sports than girls do.” The new plan is
A. Valid
B. Void
C. Permissible, based on the legislators’ statutory research
D. Permissible, but probably unwise
E. Subject to the Takings Clause
3. Congress has passed a new bill, but the president does not like the law. What could happen next?
A. The president must sign the bill whether he likes it or not.
B. The president may veto the bill, in which case it is dead.
C. The president may veto the bill, but Congress may attempt to override the veto.
D. The president may ask the citizens to vote directly on the proposed law.
E. The president may discharge the Congress and order new elections.
4. Which of these is an example of judicial review?
A. A trial court finds a criminal defendant guilty.
B. An appeals court reverses a lower court’s ruling.
C. An appeals court affirms a lower court’s ruling.
D. A federal court declares a statute unconstitutional.
E. A Congressional committee interviews a potential Supreme Court justice.
5. Martine, a psychiatrist, is convinced that Lance, her patient, intends to kill his own father.
A. Martine may not contact the father, because she is obligated to protect patient–therapist confidentiality.
B. Martine may contact the father, but she is not obligated to take any steps at all.
C. Martine must warn the father.
D. Martine may seek judicial review of the case.
E. Martine may warn Lance not to do anything, but she herself may not become involved.
6. What is an example of a subpoena?
A. A court order to a company to stop polluting the air.
B. A court order requiring a deponent to answer questions.
C. A federal agency demands various internal documents from a corporation.
D. The president orders troops called up in the national defense.
E. The president orders Congress to pass a bill on an expedited schedule.