Full Faith And Credit Applies To Federal State Conflict
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Subject distribution
- Constitutional Law1
Example wrong choices
14334_bethany_fig_goat_bounty · CONSTITUTIONAL_LAW · Choice Aconstitutional, because Article I, Section 8 authorizes Congress to enact all laws necessary and proper to promote the general welfare.
Why it's attractive
The answer bypasses the repeated federal-land fact and swaps in broad Article I language.
Why it's wrong
The answer bypasses the repeated federal-land fact and swaps in broad Article I language.
14334_bethany_fig_goat_bounty · CONSTITUTIONAL_LAW · Choice Bunconstitutional, because the Full Faith and Credit Clause requires federal courts to give effect to the state's authorization of the bounty payments.
Why it's attractive
The clause named in the answer does not fit a federal prosecution under a federal land statute.
Why it's wrong
The clause named in the answer does not fit a federal prosecution under a federal land statute.
14334_bethany_fig_goat_bounty · CONSTITUTIONAL_LAW · Choice Dunconstitutional, because the Tenth Amendment reserves to the state the traditional power to protect its residents' property from destructive wild animals.
Why it's attractive
The answer makes local property protection defeat the federal ownership hook.
Why it's wrong
The answer makes local property protection defeat the federal ownership hook.
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