The Klan Motel Is One of Twenty Motels in Town

question 4

Multiple Choice

The Klan Motel is one of twenty motels in town but the only one that refuses to rent rooms to non-whites. Congress holds that motels may not discriminate on the basis of race. The Klan Motel challenges the regulation as it applies to that motel. The owner will:

• A) win; so long as there are plenty of motels available, there is no significant effect on interstate commerce by such discrimination
• B) win; a motel is a place of private, not public, accommodations
• C) lose; all forms of racial discrimination are forbidden by the Commerce Clause
• D) lose if the state in which the motel is located has passed a similar law to apply to motels
• E) none of the other choices

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