The United States entered into a treaty with Mexico whereby both countries agreed to ban hunting of the red tailed raccoon, a species of raccoon indigenous to both the United States and Mexico. The red tailed raccoon had been placed on the endangered species list of the International Wildlife Federation and other conservation groups. The raccoons tend to roam in small family groups in the semidesert lands of the western United States and northern Mexico. The raccoons freely crossed state lines and the international boundary. Laws in Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico permitted hunting of the red tailed raccoons. After the treaty was fully ratified by the United States and Mexico, a federal court would most likely hold that the state laws permitting hunting of the raccoons are:
A. Unconstitutional, because a treaty is the supreme law of the land.
B. Unconstitutional, because free roaming wildlife is federal property.
C. Constitutional, because wild animals are natural inhabitants of the state, and the federal government may not take state property without consent of the state.
D. Constitutional, under the rights reserved to the states by the Tenth Amendment.
Choose A, B, C or D as your solution.
A