Congress has passed a law making it a crime for a person who does not have automobile liability insurance to operate a motor vehicle anywhere in the United States. The penalty for violating the statute is a fine of $1000 and/or a term of incarceration

of thirty days. A group of citizens and several state governments have brought suit to challenge the constitutionality of this statute.

a. Federal courts have the authority to rule on the __________ of federal criminal prohibitions.
b. meaning
c. constitutionality
d. both meaning and constitutionality
e. neither meaning nor constitutionality


Answer: C

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