MC 3080 Lecture : Media Law Notes 1 Fall 2013
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The structure and function of the judicial system. Federal govt has 3 branches: executive, prez, bureaucracy, appoints regulatory system. 4 sources of law: constitutional law, state constitutions and us constitution. 51 constitutions: what do they do, provide framework for govt and decide how it"s gonna work. Nebraska?: limits govt, originally 2 different schools of thought on constitution, camp 1 republicans (at this time considered liberals, from virginia): washington, madison, Jefferson: wanted strong federal government, camp 2 (state"s rights people federalists, from. Massachusetts and ny): adams: when first written, lots of ppl said great, but what rights to do the people have, madison saw no reason to include that in const. Adams said that wasn"t good enough, we need a. Bill of rights (first 10 amendments to const: article 6 us const is the supreme law of the land. State const is the supreme law of the state (supremacy clause).
