State law can ____.

• A. require agricultural statements
• B. be more lenient than federal law
• C. be more strict than federal law
• D. address only state taxes

Answer: (C)

In this context, the main idea is that states can set higher or stricter standards than the federal government. The federal system allows states to regulate within their borders and to enhance protections beyond federal rules, as long as they don’t directly conflict with federal law. So, state law can be more strict than federal law. If a state rule did directly clash with federal law, the federal rule would prevail due to the Supremacy Clause, but being stricter in many areas is perfectly permissible and common. The other options don’t fit because requiring agricultural statements is too specific to a niche area, being more lenient than federal law isn’t generally allowed where federal standards exist, and addressing only state taxes ignores the broad scope of state regulation beyond taxation.