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.
Orrick is a city in Ray County, Missouri, United States. The population was 889 at the 2000 census. Orrick now includes what was once the village of Albany (there is another Missouri community called Albany, Missouri. The hamlet a mile northeast of Orrick was where Bloody Bill Anderson was killed during the American Civil War. The current mayor of Orrick is Marilyn Butler. The town's recent claim to fame is its winning high school football team, the Orrick Bearcats. In 2007 and 2008, the team went undefeated and claimed championships in MSHSAA's Class 1.