1. The framers of the Constitution consistently referred to "the people" as the source of the new government's legitimacy, but were also careful not to make the new government too democratic. Give two examples of provisions in the Constitution that represent a clear effort to keep some parts of the government cordoned off from too much direct influence from "the people."

2.When Congress enacts a federal minimum wage or passes a law prohibiting racial discrimination in privately owned stores and restaurants, such actions are supported by a particular clause of the Constitution, with an interpretation of that clause that the Supreme Court has only allowed since the 1930s. What is that clause, and what is the specific way of interpreting it that gives Congress this power?

3. If police obtain a search warrant and obtain evidence against a suspect, but that search warrant is later shown to have had a technical defect in the way that it was issued, is there any possibility that the evidence obtained with that warrant can still be admissible in the trial? Identify the specific rule of case law that would be most applicable to such a situation.