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Due Process

4 results
  • United States v. Cruikshank

    Significant Case

    The Supreme Court decision that limited the scope of the Fourteenth Amendment and weakened enforcement of federal Reconstruction policies.

  • Stephen J. Field

    Life Story

    A bold and adventurous attorney who ventured to California for the gold rush before his jurisprudence laid the foundation for laissez-faire constitutionalism during his service as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

  • Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock

    Significant Case

    The Supreme Court decision that affirmed the unrestricted legislative power of Congress in regard to treaties and weakened Native American claims to landholdings.

  • Lochner v. New York

    Significant Case

    The Supreme Court’s decision that struck down state limits on work hours in bakeries.

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