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Examples of substantive due process in a Sentence
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Thomas’s argument against substantive due process is more than doctrinal.
—Corey Robin, The New Yorker, 9 July 2022
Justice Clarence Thomas’s concurrence in Dobbs rendered this explicit in calling for the reconsideration of other substantive due process cases.
—Kenji Yoshino, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2022
Day’s letter also cites a number of precedents of judicial review addressing substantive due process challenges to conditional use denials.
—Graydon Megan, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2023
Why are they protected under the rubric of substantive due process?
—Kenji Yoshino, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2022
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First Known Use
1954, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of substantive due process was
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“Substantive due process.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/substantive%20due%20process. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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