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Substantive due process

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Substantive due process is a principle that protects citizens from laws that infringe on fundamental rights not explicitly mentioned in the Constitution, by asserting that laws must be fair, reasonable, and just in their content, not just in their procedural enforcement. It ensures governmental power is exercised within constitutional boundaries to protect individual liberties.

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