MC 401 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Precedent, Freedom Of Assembly
22 Sep 2017
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Includes the amendments and the bill of rights (first 10 amendments) Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech or of the press. i. Also includes freedom of religion, freedom to petition, and freedom to assemble peaceably. Congress creates agency and delegates power to that agency to create rules, decide cases, etc. Normans come over to france and william the conquerer leads them to victory: the conquerer appoints judges and courthouses and implements the first laws. Led to inconsistencies as there were different laws in different regions c. Stare decisis: let the decision stand i. ii. Judges who ruled over a case first would then implement the original precedent in further cases. However, no two cases are alike, and this led to more confusion still d. e. Common law then migrated from england to u. s. Judges in the state supreme court are the ultimate deciders/creators of.
