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.
Oakridge is a city in Lane County, Oregon, United States. The population was 3,148 at the 2000 census. Oakridge is located directly west of Westfir on Oregon Route 58, near the Middle Fork Willamette River in the Cascade Range. The most well known citizen of Oakridge may be Mason Williams, composer of Classical Gas.