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> due process is only required for deprivation of life, liberty, or property

This is incorrect.

The Fifth Amendment expands that coverage[1] to which the Fourteenth adds the equal protection clause [2].

As a result, the “Supreme Court of the United States interprets the clauses as providing four protections: procedural due process (in civil and criminal proceedings), substantive due process, a prohibition against vague laws, and as the vehicle for the incorporation of the Bill of Rights“ [3].

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Amendment_to_the_Unite...

[2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_...

[3] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Due_process




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