In Ponder V

question 10

Multiple Choice

In Ponder v. Graham , the court invalidated a legislative divorce because

• A) the act of the legislature violated the supremacy clause.
• B) granting divorces is a judicial rather than a legislative function.
• C) the law was introduced into the legislature on one day and passed the next.
• D) the legislature cannot make laws with regard to divorce.

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