A State Constitutional Provision Conflicts with a Federal Statute

question 20

Multiple Choice

A state constitutional provision conflicts with a federal statute. The:

• A) federal statute is supreme.
• B) state constitutional provision is supreme.
• C) federal statute is supreme if Congress has expressly so provided.
• D) state constitutional provision is supreme if it expressly so states.

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Definitions:

Allele Frequencies

The proportion of all copies of a given gene variant (allele) present in a particular population.

Generations

Sequential stages in the familial lineage, where an individual's successors are considered a new generation.

Disruptive Selection

A special type of directional selection in which changes in the environment favor two or more variant phenotypes at the expense of the mean. Compare with stabilizing selection and directional selection.

Directional Selection

A mode of natural selection in which an extreme phenotype is favored over other phenotypes, causing the allele frequency to shift over time in the direction of that phenotype.