MisconceptionObserved in bank
Contract Clause Misfire
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
22591_cedar_dove_preserve · CONSTITUTIONAL_LAW · Choice AAs applied, the state statute violates the Obligation of Contracts Clause of the United States Constitution.
Why it's attractive
uses the contract fact but misses federal supremacy
Why it's wrong
uses the contract fact but misses federal supremacy
22591_cedar_dove_preserve · CONSTITUTIONAL_LAW · Choice BOnly the federal government may declare a species to be endangered.
Why it's attractive
the word only makes the answer too absolute
Why it's wrong
the word only makes the answer too absolute
22591_cedar_dove_preserve · CONSTITUTIONAL_LAW · Choice DAs applied, the state statute unduly interferes with interstate commerce.
Why it's attractive
uses the out-of-state fact but misses the federal-land conflict
Why it's wrong
uses the out-of-state fact but misses the federal-land conflict
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