Show 01 __ Government Part One

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Government 101 -- To understand disability law, you must understand the system under which our laws are made and enforced. This podcast offers some background on how governments are structured and what functions are performed by the different parts of the government, at the federal, state, and local level. The fundamental law -- in the case of the federal government, the U.S. Constitution -- that creates the government structure is discussed in broad terms. We'll also take a look at some of the specific protections in the Constitution because it is the fundamental law on which all future law must be based, and with which no future law can conflict.