South Carolina Enacts a Statute to Impose a Prison Term

question 32

Multiple Choice

South Carolina enacts a statute to impose a prison term, without a trial, on all street vendors who operate in certain areas. A court would likely hold this to be

• A) constitutional under the due process clause.
• B) constitutional under the equal protection clause.
• C) unconstitutional under the due process clause.
• D) unconstitutional under the equal protection clause.

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