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substantive due process

substantive due process noun: a principle in United States constitutional law that allows courts to protect substantive law and certain rights from the government.

Noun

substantive due process (uncountable)

  1. A principle in United States constitutional law that allows courts to protect substantive law and certain rights from the government.
    • So this test, this whole area of substantive due process, is tricky for some of the reasons you say. That’s been a criticism of the doctrine in general and a criticism of the general notion that we can have rights that the Constitution doesn’t specify, precisely because of the kind of inquiry that...2025 October 16, Ross Douthat, quoting Amy Coney Barrett, “Amy Coney Barrett Is Looking Beyond the Trump Era”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC...

Questions about substantive due process

What does substantive due process mean?
Substantive due process means a principle in United States constitutional law that allows courts to protect substantive law and certain rights from the government.
What part of speech is substantive due process?
Substantive due process is a noun.

Words near substantive due process in the dictionary

  1. substantive
  2. substantive adjective
  3. substantive adjectives
  4. substantive case
  5. substantive cases
  6. substantive due process
  7. substantive genitive
  8. substantive genitives
  9. substantive law
  10. substantive noun
  11. substantive nouns

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