Podcast Episode 162: Listen and Learn — Federal and State Powers (Con Law)

Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today we’re talking about three different topics in Constitutional Law that are sometimes tested together: executive authority, federal preemption, and commandeering. These topics logically go together because they all involve a power struggle between government entities.

In this episode we discuss:

• Presidential and Congressional powers
• The three levels of Presidential authority
• Express and implied preemption
• Can Congress commandeer the states to regulate on its behalf?
• Analyzing a hypo from the July 2008 California bar exam

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Resources:

• “Listen and Learn” series
• The Brainy Bar Bank: Streamlining Bar Study
• California Bar Examination – Essay Questions and Selected Answers, July 2008
• Podcast Episode 44: Tackling a California Bar Exam Essay: Constitutional Law
• Podcast Episode 76: Tackling an MEE Con Law Essay Question
• Podcast Episode 108: Listen and Learn – The Commerce Clause
• Podcast Episode 110: Listen and Learn – The Basics of Justiciability (Con Law)
• Podcast Episode 117: Listen and Learn – Due Process and Equal Protection (Con Law)
• Podcast Episode 140: Listen and Learn – Regulatory Takings

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