14th Amendment P I Controls All Interstate Discrimination
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Example wrong choices
19851_peter_bookstore · CONSTITUTIONAL_LAW · Choice AIt is correct because the Fourteenth Amendment Privileges or Immunities Clause controls every interstate discrimination case.
Why it's attractive
The word 'every' makes this choice an absolute statement. The 14th Amend P/I Clause does not control *every* interstate discrimination case.
Why it's wrong
The word 'every' makes this choice an absolute statement. The 14th Amend P/I Clause does not control *every* interstate discrimination case.
19851_peter_bookstore · CONSTITUTIONAL_LAW · Choice BIt is correct only if the plaintiff is a corporation.
Why it's attractive
The stem is about a natural-person citizen. This choice introduces a corporate-plaintiff condition that the question never raised.
Why it's wrong
The stem is about a natural-person citizen. This choice introduces a corporate-plaintiff condition that the question never raised.
19851_peter_bookstore · CONSTITUTIONAL_LAW · Choice DIt is wrong because no constitutional provision protects nonresident citizens.
Why it's attractive
This choice says no constitutional provision protects nonresident citizens. That is simply not the law.
Why it's wrong
This choice says no constitutional provision protects nonresident citizens. That is simply not the law.
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