Substantive Due Process 
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SOURCE: Vox
8/2/2022
A Substantive Due Process Explainer: What Was the Basic Weakness of Roe?
The application of the 14th Amendment to extend broad guarantees of individual rights is recent; the history of the doctrine of substantive due process has more frequently been used to protect the interests of corporations and the powerful. It's time for a new legal approach.
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