by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Government, Legal System, Administrative Law, & Constitutional Law
What is the 14th Amendment?The 14th Amendment to the Constitution states that, Section 1: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Government, Legal System, Administrative Law, & Constitutional Law
What are the standards by which the government (through laws or actions) may infringe on individual rights?The standards of judicial review constitute the standards that a court will employ when determining whether a law infringes upon an individual’s...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Government, Legal System, Administrative Law, & Constitutional Law
What is the Supremacy Clause?Article VI, Section 2 of the US Constitution provides that the Constitution is supreme over all laws and that federal law is supreme over state law. What is Preemption?Congress can expressly reserve an entire area of law for federal...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Government, Legal System, Administrative Law, & Constitutional Law
What is the Commerce Clause?Article I, Section 8, specifically grants to the Federal Government the right to regulate commerce among the several states. This is known as the Commerce Clause.Simply put, the Commerce Clause allows the Federal Government to regulate any...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Government, Legal System, Administrative Law, & Constitutional Law
What is the Taxing and Spending Clause of the US Constitution?Article 1, Section 8, expressly grants to the Federal Government the Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imports, and Excises. This is known and the Taxing and Spending Clause.The taxing and spending...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Government, Legal System, Administrative Law, & Constitutional Law
What is the Full Faith and Credit Clause?Article IV, Section 1 of the US Constitution states, Full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public Acts, Records, and judicial proceedings of every other state.This is known as the Full Faith & Credit...
