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Entrenched clause
more such factors, Office of Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth, Wilding and Philip Laundry, p. 250. Any amendment of the Constitution necessitated by a legislation by Parliament to: (a) admit or establish a new State; (b)
equal protection
equal protection : a guarantee under the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that a state must treat an individual or class of individuals the same as
due process
an individual called also substantive due process NOTE: The guarantee of due process is found in the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, which states “no person shall…be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of
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double jeopardy
a person for an offense for which he or she has already been prosecuted - see also jeopardy, Amendment V to the Constitution in the back matter compare merger NOTE: The Fifth Amendment to the Constitution states
critical stage
a criminal proceeding at which the accused's rights or defenses may be affected and which triggers the Sixth Amendment right to counsel see also Amendment VI to the Constitution in the back matter
corporal punishment
body see also cruel and unusual punishment NOTE: The prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment in the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution imposes limits on the use of corporal punishment on convicted offenders and prisoners. The
Ratchet theory
Ratchet theory, means the principal that Congress - in exercising its enforcement power under the 14th Amendment - can increase, but cannot dilute, the scope of 14th Amendment guarantees as previously defined by the Supreme
assistance of counsel
counsel :the help of a lawyer which a defendant in a criminal prosecution is guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution see also ineffective assistance of counsel Powell v. Alabama in the Important Cases section
Dairy
Dairy.--By the (English) Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1907, s. 13-- The expression 'dairy' includes any farm, farmhouse, cowshed, milk store, milk shop, or other
blasphemy
its doctrines and writings and esp. God as perceived by Christianity and Christian doctrines and writings see also Amendment I to the Constitution in the back matter NOTE: In many states, blasphemy statutes have been repealed as
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