substantive due process

The doctrine that the Due Process Clauses of the 5th and 14th Amendments require legislation to be fair and reasonable in content and to further a legitimate governmental objective. [Cases: Constitutional Law 251.2. C.J.S. Constitutional Law §§ 964, 970–975.]

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译者妍妍，毕业于亚洲顶尖的高级翻译学院，擅长翻译各种与科技、媒体和电信（TMT）相关的法律文件。