MC 3080 : Best Damn Midterm Review MC3080
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Midterm review | media law 3080 | october 14, 2013 | Judicial interpret the constitution and determine whether law is consistent with pre- existing laws and whether laws have been violated: legislative makes laws; approves judges, executive implements laws; appoints judges. To whom do you appeal: circuit court appellate court state supreme court u. s. supreme court, : state supreme court u. s. federal supreme court. Involves a matter of federal issues: exhausted all state remedies. Judicial precedent: lower courts are bound to follow the precedent set by earlier decisions & higher courts, the supreme court in each state ultimately decides the precedent only for that state, the u. s. constitution is supreme. Supreme court interprets the u. s. constitution and sets precedent for all. Five freedoms of the first amendment: speech, religion, press, assembly, petition. [limits] determinants of protected speech: who the speaker is .
