Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business 16th Edition by Pagnattaro-Test Bank

Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business 16th Edition by Pagnattaro-Test Bank

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1. The separation of powers between levels of government is known as federalism.
True False
2. The concept of federalism recognizes that all levels of government have interrelated roles to play.
True False
3. The federal government recognizes that states have no sovereignty.
True False
4. A conflict exists between a state law and a federal law if the state statute would prevent or interfere with
the accomplishment and execution of the objectives of Congress.
True False
5. The Constitution emphasizes that federal law is supreme over a state law or local ordinance.
True False
6. If a federal law preemptsa subject then any state law that attempts to regulate the same activity is
constitutional under the supremacy clause.
True False
7. The concept of preemption applies only to federal statutes, not to the rules and regulations of federal
administrative agencies.
True False
8. The contract clause applies to the federal government in many ways.
True False
9. Under the contract clause, states cannot enact laws that impact rights and duties under existing
contracts.
True False
10. The contract clause restricts the federal government’s power to impact contractual relationships.
True False
11. The first ten amendments are known as the Bill of Rights.
True False
12. The extent of any limitation on a basic constitutional guarantee depends upon the nature of the competing
public policy.
True False
13. Constitutional guarantees exist in order to remove certain issues from the political process and the ballot
box.
True False
14. Constitutional rights remain constant and do not vary from time to time.
True False
15. The establishment clause deals with freedom of speech.
True False
16. The establishment clause and the free exercise clause guarantee freedom of religion through the
separation of church and state.
True False