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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Definitions:

Hypothalamus

A region of the brain that controls a variety of functions including temperature regulation, hunger, and thirst, as well as hormones.

Posterior Pituitary

Portion of the pituitary gland that stores and secretes oxytocin and antidiuretic hormone produced by the hypothalamus.

Positive Feedback

Mechanism of homeostatic response in which the output of the system intensifies and increases the activity of the system.

Negative Feedback

Mechanism of homeostatic response by which the output of a system suppresses or inhibits activity of the system.