Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, we have another installment in our "Listen and Learn" series, where we review substantive areas of the law that you're likely to encounter on the bar exam. This time, we're talking about a very testable part of Constitutional Law -- the Commerce Clause.
In this episode, we discuss:
>Does the Commerce Clause apply when the law was passed by Congress or by a state?
>Cases that helped develop the modern See more +
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, we have another installment in our "Listen and Learn" series, where we review substantive areas of the law that you're likely to encounter on the bar exam. This time, we're talking about a very testable part of Constitutional Law -- the Commerce Clause.
In this episode, we discuss:
>Does the Commerce Clause apply when the law was passed by Congress or by a state?
>Cases that helped develop the modern formulation of the Commerce power
>An analytical stepladder for Commerce Clause questions
>Going through a fact pattern from the July 2009 California bar exam
>A reminder that your reasoning carries more weight on the bar exam than the conclusion
Resources:
>Bar Exam Writing Help (https://barexamtoolbox.com/bar-exam-writing-help/)
>California Bar Examination – Essay Questions and Selected Answers, July 2009 (https://nwculaw.edu/pdf/bar/July%202009%20Essays%20and%20Sample%20Answers.pdf)
>Podcast Episode 44: Tackling a California Bar Exam Essay: Constitutional Law (https://barexamtoolbox.com/podcast-episode-44-tackling-a-california-bar-exam-essay-constitutional-law/)
>Podcast Episode 76: Tackling an MEE Con Law Essay Question (https://barexamtoolbox.com/podcast-episode-76-tackling-an-mee-con-law-essay-question/)
>Podcast Episode 101: Listen and Learn – Present Sense Impression vs. State of Mind (https://barexamtoolbox.com/podcast-episode-101-listen-and-learn-present-sense-impression-vs-state-of-mind/)
>Podcast Episode 102: Listen and Learn – The Statute of Frauds (https://barexamtoolbox.com/podcast-episode-102-listen-and-learn-the-statute-of-frauds/)
>Podcast Episode 103: Listen and Learn – Assault and Battery (https://barexamtoolbox.com/podcast-episode-103-listen-and-learn-assault-and-battery/)
>Podcast Episode 104: Listen and Learn – Intentional Torts: Defamation (https://barexamtoolbox.com/podcast-episode-104-listen-and-learn-intentional-torts-defamation/)
>Podcast Episode 105: Listen and Learn – Public and Private Nuisance (https://barexamtoolbox.com/podcast-episode-105-listen-and-learn-public-and-private-nuisance/)
>Podcast Episode 107: Listen and Learn – Assumption of Risk (Torts) (https://barexamtoolbox.com/podcast-episode-107-listen-and-learn-assumption-of-risk-torts/)
>Favorite Con Law Supplement: Chemerinsky's Constitution Law: Principles and Policies (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/favorite-con-law-supplement-chemerinskys-constitutional-law-principles-and-policies/)
>How to Approach Constitutional Law MBE Questions (https://barexamtoolbox.com/how-to-approach-constitutional-law-mbe-questions/)
Download the Transcript (https://barexamtoolbox.com/episode-108-listen-and-learn-the-commerce-clause/)
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