substantive due process

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A principle in United States constitutional law that allows courts to protect substantive law and certain rights from the government. uncountable
    — 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 it invites judges to undertake.
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