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Question 1
The power to regulate commerce with other nations belongs:
Correct The Commerce Clause (Article I, Section 8, clause 3) grants this power solely to Congress.
Incorrect! The Commerce Clause (Article I, Section 8, clause 3) grants this power solely to Congress.
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Question 2
The Commerce Clause DOES NOT grant Congress power over which of the following:
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Correct The Commerce Clause grants Congress power over (a) articles traveling in interstate commerce, (b) instrumentalities of interstate commerce, (c) channels of interstate commerce, and also over activities having a substantial effect on interstate commerce.
Incorrect! The Commerce Clause grants Congress power over (a) articles traveling in interstate commerce, (b) instrumentalities of interstate commerce, (c) channels of interstate commerce, and also over activities having a substantial effect on interstate commerce.
Question 3
Congress wants to pass a law which would limit the number of hours commercial truckers are permitted to drive in a day. Does Congress have the authority to do so?
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Correct People are included within the meaning of 'instrumentalities of interstate commerce' if they are employed or used in the carrying out of interstate commerce and may therefore be regulated by Congress under the Commerce Clause.
Incorrect! People are included within the meaning of 'instrumentalities of interstate commerce' if they are employed or used in the carrying out of interstate commerce and may therefore be regulated by Congress under the Commerce Clause.
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Question 4
Impressed with the safety improvements resulting from Congressional regulation of truckers, politicians and citizens from various states implore Congress to impose similar regulations on the commercial train conductors and engineers. When Congress refuses, several citizens sue claiming a Commerce Clause violation. What is the likely result of the suit?
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Correct The Commerce Clause does not require Congress to act, but simply empowers Congress to act if it so chooses. Congress is free to elect not to exercise its Commerce Clause powers whenever it see fit to do so.
Incorrect! The Commerce Clause does not require Congress to act, but simply empowers Congress to act if it so chooses. Congress is free to elect not to exercise its Commerce Clause powers whenever it see fit to do so.
Question 5
Federal law requires that all airplanes, helicopters, blimps, and other airborne craft file a flight plan before leaving the ground. Joe farmer has been using his airplane to dust crops for years and has never filed a flight plan. Last year he was approached by a federal aviation officer and warned that failure to comply could result in a fine or imprisonment or both. Joe's response was "Ah'm only flyin' over mah own land, so you can go fly a kite!" Is the federal law valid?
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Correct Because the airways are channels of commerce, the Commerce Clause grants Congress the power to regulate. Even though the ground over which Joe flies is in no way related to interstate commerce, it is the airspace which is being regulated here, not the land.
Incorrect! Because the airways are channels of commerce, the Commerce Clause grants Congress the power to regulate. Even though the ground over which Joe flies is in no way related to interstate commerce, it is the airspace which is being regulated here, not the land.