In an Important 1873 Decision Known as the Slaughter House

question 102

Multiple Choice

In an important 1873 decision known as The Slaughter House Cases, the Supreme Court rejected the notion that

• A)Congress could regulate food safety at local processing facilities.
• B)animals had rights that limited how they were raised and killed.
• C)the national government could take private property without just compensation.
• D)Congress could regulate commercial food distribution under the interstate commerce clause.
• E)the Fourteenth Amendment fully incorporated the Bill of Rights to apply to the states.

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