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Multistate Bar Examination Practice Question

Congress passes a law requiring all states to establish a standardized testing system for high school students to assess educational progress. The law also provides a significant amount of federal funding to any state that complies. A state challenges the law, arguing that Congress has exceeded its authority. Which of the following provides the strongest constitutional basis for the law?

  • Congress’s power under the Spending Clause to provide federal funding with attached conditions.

  • Congress’s power under the Necessary and Proper Clause to implement laws related to education.

  • Congress’s power to enforce the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause to promote educational equity.

  • Congress’s power under the Commerce Clause to regulate interstate educational standards.

Multistate Bar Examination
Constitutional Law
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