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Compare and contrast the legal concepts of Due Process of Law and Equal Protection under the Law.

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The equal protection clause prevents the state government from enacting criminal laws that discriminate in an unreasonable and unjustified manner. The Fifth Amendment due process clause prohibits the federal government from discrimination if the discrimination is so unjustifiable that it violates due process of law.

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