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As a legislative aide to a U. S. Senator you are called upon to provide an analysis of the constitutionality of a bill pending congressional approval. The bill imposes a 15% tax upon the gross annual receipts from the sales of all birth control devices. The bill has the strong support of conservative and pro-life organizations. The stated purpose of the proposed measure is to raise revenue and spur population growth across the country. In your learned opinion, the proposed tax is probably

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  1. constitutional, because the fact that the tax applies to all sales of every type of birth control device invalidates any possible objection to the tax on the grounds that it violates the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
  2. unconstitutional, because it infringes on the rights of businesses to operate freely in the market.
  3. unconstitutional, because it unfairly targets a specific industry, which violates the principle of fair trade.
  4. unconstitutional, because in inseverable aggregates, the domestic purchases and sales of birth control devices affect interstate and foreign commerce.
  5. unconstitutional, because it may disproportionately affect lower-income individuals who rely on these devices for family planning.
  6. constitutional, because the tax applies universally to all forms of birth control devices, and thus does not single out any particular group or entity for discrimination.
  7. constitutional, because it is within the government's rights to levy taxes to generate revenue, regardless of the potential social implications.
  8. unconstitutional, because the tax burdens the fundamental right to privacy of users of birth control devices without establishing a compelling national interest for doing so.
  9. constitutional, because the government has the power to tax as a means of controlling population growth.
  10. constitutional, because the fact that controversial policy motives may have induced the enactment of an otherwise reasonable measure calculated to raise revenue does not ipso facto invalidate the tax.

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