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What are the differences between procedural and substantive due process?
Procedural: Fairness in how the government acts. | Substantive: Protecting fundamental rights; about the content of the law.
What was the significance of Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)?
Established the right to privacy as a constitutional right; struck down a state law banning contraceptives.
What was the significance of Roe v. Wade (1973)?
Established a woman's right to an abortion based on the right to privacy.
What was the significance of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022)?
Overturned Roe v. Wade, stating the Constitution does not guarantee a right to abortion.
What was the significance of Palko v. Connecticut (1937)?
Established the concept of substantive due process.
What was the significance of Mapp v. Ohio (1961)?
Applied the exclusionary rule to the states.
What was the significance of Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)?
Guaranteed the right to counsel for indigent defendants in state criminal trials.
What was the significance of Eisenstadt v. Baird (1972)?
Extended the right to use contraceptives to unmarried individuals.
What right did Gideon v. Wainwright establish?
The right to counsel for indigent defendants in state criminal trials.
What did Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization do?
Overturned Roe v. Wade, returning abortion regulation to states.
What right did Griswold v. Connecticut establish?
The right to privacy in marital relations, specifically regarding contraception.
What is the role of the Supreme Court in relation to due process?
Interprets the Due Process Clause and applies it to specific cases, defining the scope of individual rights.