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Article 3 of the constitution

Article 3 of the constitution. Neil Omaque Per 9. Article 3 breakdown. Section 1 Establishes the Judicial Branch Interpret the law of the U.S. Creates the highest court in government, Supreme Court Creates other federal courts to congress. Article 3 breakdown. Section 2

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Article 3 of the constitution

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  1. Article 3 of the constitution Neil Omaque Per 9

  2. Article 3 breakdown • Section 1 • Establishes the Judicial Branch • Interpret the law of the U.S. • Creates the highest court in government, Supreme Court • Creates other federal courts to congress

  3. Article 3 breakdown • Section 2 • Judicial Power shall extend to all cases • Treaties are created • Supreme Court will have original jurisdiction • Trials of crime will be by jury and will be held in the state that crime was committed in

  4. Article 3 breakdown • Section 3 • Treason • Cannot be convicted of Treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same act or by confession

  5. Snyder vs. Phelps • Westboro Baptist Church pickets solders funeral • Supreme court reaffirmed that they were protected under the first amendment, right to free speech • the Supreme Court, in an 8-to-1 decision penned by Chief Justice John Roberts, affirmed the 4th Circuit's judgment.

  6. How do they relate? • The Snyder vs. Phelps case is brought all the was to the supreme court • Although the church highlights that troops should die because America supports homosexuals, they are protected under the first Amendment. • Also they were at least 300 ft away from the funeral

  7. Bibliography • http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2011/03/06/-Snyder-vs-Phelps-Supreme-Court-protects-hateful-speech-near-funeral/UPI-58271299402300/

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