Question

Which statement best completes the diagram?

A. The Supreme Court overturns the Fourteenth Amendment, ruling that it violates states’ rights.

B. The Supreme Court rules that state governments must pass their own bill of rights to protect their citizens.

C. The Supreme Court clarifies that due process only applies to residents of former Confederate states.

D. The Supreme Court uses the due process clause to incorporate some Bill of Rights protections into the Fourteenth Amendment.

Answer 1

The correct option is D

substantive due process is a theory of American law by which courts establish limits to the power and authority of the government. According to US jurisprudence, the use of the courts of this theory comes from the due process clause of the fifth and final amendments. fourteenth, which prohibits federal and state governments, respectively, from depriving any person of "life, liberty or property, without due process of law." Thus, the fundamental due process marks the line between, on the one hand, the acts of persons of a public or private nature that the court establishes that are subject to public regulation or legislation, and on the other the acts that the courts place beyond the scope of any governmental regulation.

Answer 2

The Supreme Court uses the due process clause to incorporate some Bill of Rights protections into the Fourteenth Amendment.