Question Completion Status. In Michigan at the end of a state legislative session in October 2014 the state legislature adopted a midnight amendment to its franchise-dealer law that specifically worked to bar Tesla from selling cars to Michigan customers., Tesla argued the Michigan amendment was a violation of the Dormant Commerce Clause. A state statute discriminating against interstate commerce is O A constitutional. O B. always constitutional. a fundamental right. OC O D. almost always unconstitutional. QUESTION El The power of judicial review is potentially dictatorial. The Supreme Court nullifies statutes passed by Congress and executive actions. May it strike down any law it dislikes? In theory, no-the court should nullify only laws that violate the Constitution. But in practice, yes-the Constitution means whatever the majority of the current justices says it means, because it is the Court that tells us which laws are violative. refers to a court's willingness, or even eagerness, to become involved in major issues and to decide cases on A Judicial constitutional grounds. Activits are sometimes willing to "stretch" laws beyond their most obvious meaning. Activism . From the 1950s through the 1970s, the Supreme Court took an activist role, deciding many major social issues on constitutional grounds. The landmark 1954 decision in ordered an end to racial segregation in public schools. B. Roe v. Wade In the Supreme Court began a sweeping reappraisal of the police power of the state and the rights of criminal C. Miranda v. suspects during searches, interrogations, trials, and appeals. Arizona v In the Supreme Court established certain rights to abortion, which stood for nearly 50 years. D. Brown v. Board NOTE: The Supreme Court ended constitutional protections for abortion Friday (June 24, 2022) that had been in place for almost 50 years. of Education The court's conservative majority overturned which is expected to lead to abortion bans in approximately half the states