Question

For state regulation of interstate commerce to be constitutional: a. the state’s purpose must be to protect the public’s health and safety. b. the state cannot place an undue burden on interstate commerce. c. either a or b d. both a and b

Answer 1

Answer:

D. both a and b

Explanation:

United States adopted a mixed Economy. In this system, the role of the government is limited to a regulator that ensure consumers' safety and fair competition between the private sectors.

Every involvement that The government made to the commerce need to be correlated to any of these two.

option A is being done to ensure consumer's safety. Option B is being done to ensure fair competition between private sectors. Both will be needed for the regulation to be considered as constitutional.