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  2. Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    The Fifth Amendment (Amendment V) to the United States Constitution creates several constitutional rights, limiting governmental powers focusing on criminal procedures. It was ratified, along with nine other amendments, in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights. The Supreme Court has extended most, but not all, rights of the Fifth Amendment to the ...

  3. Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness - Wikipedia

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    An alternative phrase "life, liberty, and property", is found in the Declaration of Colonial Rights, a resolution of the First Continental Congress. The Fifth Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution declare that governments cannot deprive any person of "life, liberty, or property" without due process of law.

  4. Due Process Clause - Wikipedia

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    A Due Process Clause is found in both the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, which prohibit the deprivation of "life, liberty, or property" by the federal and state governments, respectively, without due process of law. [1][2][3] The U.S. Supreme Court interprets these clauses to guarantee a variety of ...

  5. Article Four of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Article Four of the United States Constitution outlines the relationship between the various states, as well as the relationship between each state and the United States federal government. It also empowers Congress to admit new states and administer the territories and other federal lands. The Full Faith and Credit Clause requires states ...

  6. Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    The Fourth Amendment was introduced in Congress in 1789 by James Madison, along with the other amendments in the Bill of Rights, in response to Anti-Federalist objections to the new Constitution. Congress submitted the amendment to the states on September 28, 1789. By December 15, 1791, the necessary three-fourths of the states had ratified it.

  7. Constitutional law of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Fifth Amendment ensures that no person will be deprived of "life, liberty, or property, without due process of law" and protects oneself against self incrimination. [72] The Miranda warning was a result of Miranda v. Arizona. [73] Other notable cases include Michigan v. Tucker, Rhode Island v. Innis, Edwards v. Arizona, and Kuhlmann v ...

  8. List of clauses of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    The United States Constitution and its amendments comprise hundreds of clauses which outline the functioning of the United States Federal Government, the political relationship between the states and the national government, and affect how the United States federal court system interprets the law.

  9. Substantive due process - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Substantive due process is a principle in United States constitutional law that allows courts to establish and protect substantive laws and certain fundamental rights from government interference, even if they are unenumerated elsewhere in the U.S. Constitution. Courts have asserted that such protections come from the due process clauses ...