Constitutional law attorneys handle cases involving the construction and interpretation of federal and state constitutions, including individual rights and governmental powers. Constitutional law cases can involve issues like First Amendment rights -- such as freedom of speech, press, and religion -- and the checks and balances on authority among different branches of government. Most of the federal constitutional rights are found in the Bill of Rights, that was created originally as a limitation on the action by the federal government, but many of those rights are also applicable to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment.
Forsyth is a village in Macon County, Illinois, United States whose population was 2,434 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Decatur, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area pop. 109,456. Although by comparison to Decatur, Forsyth is a small suburb, The Village of Forsyth has seemingly surpassed the larger City of Decatur in terms of retail development, and new housing developments due to business friendly development policies of Forsyth.