Admitted Wrongdoing Makes Any Penalty Rational
This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 1 active question. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”
Subject distribution
- Constitutional Law1
Example wrong choices
22718_lydia_manna_cart_permit · CONSTITUTIONAL_LAW · Choice ANo, because a food-service permit is a privilege granted by the state.
Why it's attractive
A real state licensing fact is being used to erase a constitutional limit.
Why it's wrong
A real state licensing fact is being used to erase a constitutional limit.
22718_lydia_manna_cart_permit · CONSTITUTIONAL_LAW · Choice BNo, because suspending Lydia's food-service permit is rationally related to her earlier violation of the coffee-cart ban.
Why it's attractive
The answer treats the penalty as ordinary regulation even though the statute itself singles out Lydia.
Why it's wrong
The answer treats the penalty as ordinary regulation even though the statute itself singles out Lydia.
22718_lydia_manna_cart_permit · CONSTITUTIONAL_LAW · Choice DYes, because the new law violates the Privileges and Immunities Clause.
Why it's attractive
State B competition is not discrimination against Lydia as an out-of-state citizen.
Why it's wrong
State B competition is not discrimination against Lydia as an out-of-state citizen.
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