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.
Mercer is a city in McLean County, North Dakota in the United States. The population was 86 at the 2000 census. Mercer was founded in 1905 along a now-decommissioned stretch of the Northern Pacific Railway. It lies on North Dakota Highway 200 between Underwood and McClusky.