BUS-L 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: United States District Court, Commercial Speech, Affirmative Defense

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Commercial speech - proposes a commercial transaction (advertisements or promotions of business) receives intermediate level of 1st a protection if deals with lawful activity and is not misleading. Levels of scrutiny - strict, intermediate, & rational basis. Strict scrutiny - (high) deals with: race, gender, political & artistic speech. Intermediate scrutiny - (medium) deals with commercial speech. Rational basis - (low) law doesn"t impact a fundamental right or affect a suspect class; generally applies in equal protection context. Levels of federal courts - us district courts, circuit court of appeals, & us supreme court. Us district courts - 37 courts, called by geographic names, lowest level of federal courts. Circuit court of appeals - divides country into 13 sections, case starts in district courts on appeal goes to. Does not decide issues of fact, only law. Us supreme court - chooses which cases to hear. 2 types of supreme court jurisdiction - subject matter, personal jurisdiction.

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