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The First Amendment protection of speech applies to three classifications of speech (fully protected, limited protected and unprotected speech).  Fully protected speech is speech that:

A deposition is:

Electronic discovery is limited.  It provides for only the discovery of material storged on the equipment found in the opponent’s offices.

Freedom of Religion actually contains two very important freedoms.   We are guaranteed that the government cannot establish a state-sponsored religion nor show preference for one religion (the Establishment Clause) and protection from governmental interference  with the reasonable practice of any religious belief citizens choose (Free Exercise Clause).

The government of this country is referred to as __________________  or federal form of government.Part of the basis of this form of government is the concept of shared powers, as shared between our state and federal governments.

Substantive law refers to the  essence of the case – the subject matter that is the basis of the case or type of case.

Due process is so important in our legal system that it is mentioned in two amendments to our Constitution, the 5th and the 14th  .  We defined due process as:

One of the Rules of Evidence we covered applied to the introduction of documents for the jury’s consideration.  The ___________________ requires that before oral testimony can be given about a document, the document must be produced.

Service of process is accomplished when the clerk of court issues two documents to the defendant.  These documents include a copy of the complaint and a summons.  The summons gives the information regarding:

Independent administrative agencies are referred to as the fourth branch of government because of the nature of their power to regulate within their scope of authority.   Their power comes from their authority  to create  regulations (legislative), the ability to  enforce those regulations (executive) and their ability to adjudicate violations of these regulations (judicial).