USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THOMAS JEFFERSON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A group of people are arrested because they wrote to Congress saying that they did not like a certain law.
A
Constitutional
B
Unconstitutional
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Did you know that all laws in the United States must agree with the Constitution? Sometimes Congress passes a law with a conflict, but the law can then be challenged in court. If the Supreme Court decides that a challenged law is unconstitutional, it cannot take effect.

Detailed explanation-2: -When laws, procedures, or acts directly violate the constitution, they are unconstitutional. All others are considered constitutional unless the country in question has a mechanism for challenging laws as unconstitutional.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Judiciary Act of 1789 is unconstitutional because it gives the judicial branch too much power outside the Constitution. The Supreme Court has no jurisdiction to rule on the court case because the law that gave it the authority has been found unconstitutional.

Detailed explanation-4: -If a statute is facially unconstitutional, the courts have stated that it cannot be enforced and the legislature may choose to repeal an unconstitutional statute to avoid confusion or to replace that statute with a new version that seeks to reach similar policy goals.

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