Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, we’re discussing how to identify and work through Privileges and Immunities Clause issues on the bar exam.
In this episode we discuss:
- Distinguishing between the Privileges and Immunities Clause of Article IV of the Constitution and the Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
- What steps to take to identify whether the Privileges and Immunities Clause applies
- The Dormant Commerce Clause
- The two requirements that must be met for a state to pass a law violating the Privileges and Immunities Clause
- Analyzing two hypos, from the February 2005 and July 2018 California bar exams
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Resources:
- “Listen and Learn” series
- Private Bar Exam Tutoring
- The Brainy Bar Bank: Streamlining Bar Study
- California Bar Examination – Essay Questions and Selected Answers, February 2005
- California Bar Examination – Essay Questions and Selected Answers, July 2018
- Podcast Episode 44: Tackling a California Bar Exam Essay: Constitutional Law
- Podcast Episode 76: Tackling an MEE Con Law Essay Question
- Podcast Episode 135: Listen and Learn – The Dormant Commerce Clause
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