Due Process Flashcards
Due Process defintion
No personal shall be deprive of Life, Liberty, and Property without due process of law
Types of Due Process
- Substantive
- Procedural
Substantive Due Process
Statute depriving (deprives; take away; regulate) ALL people (citizens) of doing something
- look at what RIGHTS are being deprived:
- if fundamental rights = strict scrutiny
- if other = rational basis
Strict Scrutiny
GOVERNMENT BURDEN to prove law is NECESSARY to achieve COMPELLING interest
Fundamental Rights
- Right to Vote
- Right of Free Speech
- Right to INTERstate Travel
- Right of Privacy
Right to Privacy
- Contraception: obtain & use
- Abortion: current law = abortion is NOT a fundamental right
- Marriage
- Procreation
- Education: Private education
- Raise your family
Procedural Due Process
If a PROPERTY right is taken away, a person shall have a right to NOTICE and right to a HEARING
Property Rights
Job, license, benefits (public)
- government or public employment, licenses, and/or benefit
- have to already had it (earned the benefit)