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Local Licensing Dispute Cannot Be Federal

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

  • 19338_manna_loaves_license · CONSTITUTIONAL_LAW · Choice Bdismiss the action, because no federal question is involved.

    Why it's attractive

    The answer denies the very federal hook that appears in the call facts.

    Why it's wrong

    The answer denies the very federal hook that appears in the call facts.

  • 19338_manna_loaves_license · CONSTITUTIONAL_LAW · Choice Chear the action, since Lydia is a resident of the state whose licensing director she is suing.

    Why it's attractive

    The because-clause points to residency, not the constitutional claim.

    Why it's wrong

    The because-clause points to residency, not the constitutional claim.

  • 19338_manna_loaves_license · CONSTITUTIONAL_LAW · Choice Ddismiss the action, since Lydia is a resident of the state whose licensing director she is suing.

    Why it's attractive

    The answer treats shared state residence as the controlling issue and skips the constitutional claim.

    Why it's wrong

    The answer treats shared state residence as the controlling issue and skips the constitutional claim.

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