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Law Chapter 4
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09/10/2013

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Term
commerce clause
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words interpreted to give congress the power to enact most of the federal regulation of business
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supremacy clause
Definition
"The Constitution, and the laws of the US.... shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby..."
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necessary and proper clause
Definition
gives Congress tremendous regulatory power
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interstate commerce
Definition
business that concerns more than one state
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State regulatory responsibility
Definition
agency law
contract law
corporation law
property
insurance
"police power" laws
tort law
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federal regulatory responsibility
Definition
aviation regulation
interstate commerce
postal regulation
foreign trade regulation
patents and copyrights
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exclusionary rule
Definition
evidence gathered from a home or business without a warrant was improperly obtained and cannot be used
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self-incrimination
Definition
"no person shall be...compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself"
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just compensation/takings clause
Definition
The Fifth Amendment "...nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation"
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regulatory takings
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indicate that the destruction or property value must be almost complete for compensation to be due
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due process
Definition
violated when the state infringes on fundamental liberty interests without narrowly tailoring that infringement to serve a compelling state interest

due process is infringed when state action either shocks the conscience or offends judicial notions of fairness and human dignity
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equal protection clause
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The Fourteenth Amendment "No state shall...deny...the equal protection oft he laws" (governments must treat people equally)
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