Con law practice questions

What did the Fourteenth Amendment do?
Passed by the Senate on June 8, 1866, and ratified two years later, on July 9, 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment granted citizenship to all persons "born or naturalized in the United States," including formerly enslaved people, and provided all citizens with “equal protection under the laws,” extending the provisions of .
What is the basic framework of the US Constitution?
The Constitution has three main functions.
First it creates a national government consisting of a legislative, an executive, and a judicial branch, with a system of checks and balances among the three branches..
What is the political question in the United States?
The political question doctrine limits the ability of the federal courts to hear constitutional questions even where other justiciability requirements—such as standing, ripeness, and mootness—are met..
The Constitution has three main functions.
First it creates a national government consisting of a legislative, an executive, and a judicial branch, with a system of checks and balances among the three branches.
The Constitution is the supreme law of the land in the United States.
Learn more about our founding document.
The political question doctrine limits the ability of the federal courts to hear constitutional questions even where other justiciability requirements—such as standing, ripeness, and mootness—are met.

Can a state law be challenged under the DCC?

If Congress has legislated, the question is whether the state law in question is pre-empted by the federal law

Butif Congress has not legislated, the state or local law can be challenged as a violation of the DCC

Under the DCC, the Court first asks whether the particular state law is discriminatory