Figure 4.4
The various protections afforded the citizenry in the Bill of Rights are also extended to
corporations and commercial activities. (Credit: Anthony Garand/ unsplash/ License: Unsplash License)
Assessment Questions
1. Explain Police Power and the Dormant Commerce Clause.
2. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s (also known as Obamacare) provision that mandated that
individuals not insured through employment obtain minimum essential health insurance or face a penalty was
upheld as constitutional by the 11th Circuit.
a.
True.
b.
False.
3. The _____ gives the federal government the authority to regulate interstate and international commerce.
a.
Supremacy Clause.
b.
10th Amendment.
c.
Bill of Rights.
d.
Commerce Clause.
4. The doctrine aimed at dividing the governing powers between the federal governments and the states is:
a.
Judicial review.
b.
Federalism.
c.
Separation of powers.
d.
Preemption.
5. The doctrine aimed at dividing the governing powers between the federal governments and the states is:
a.
Commerce Clause.
b.
Superior Clause.
c.
Supremacy Clause.
d.
Necessary and Proper Clause.
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