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Procedural due process protects against:

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  • deprivation of life, liberty, or property without the due process of the law
  • Where there is a deprivation of one’s “life,” “liberty,” or “property” interests, the individual is entitled to fundamentally fair procedural safeguards
2
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What are procedural safe guards?

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  1. some form of notice and
  2. a meaningful hearing within a reasonable time
3
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Name the acts that invade Deprivation of Liberty interest

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  • Freedom from bodily restraint
  • Physical punishment
  • Commitment to a mental institution
4
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Name the acts that DO NOT invade a Deprivation of Liberty interest

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  • Injury to reputation
  • Forced administration of medicine
5
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What are property interests?

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  1. Public education
  2. Public employment
    1. If employment contract says “tenure” or “for cause” = property interest
    2. If “at will” = no property interest
  3. Welfare benefits
  4. Driver’s license
6
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Factors to determine what is adequate notice and adequate hearing

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The court will balance:

  1. The importance of the protected interest
  2. Risk of error in depriving this interest
  3. burden on the gov’t to provide you with the procedure protection
7
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Irrebuttable Presumptions

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Violate procedural due process

8
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The Due Process and EQ Clause of the 14th Amendment applies to?

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“Persons,” not merely “citizens”

Corporations – they are considered a “person” (privilege against self-incrimination doesn’t apply to corps)

Aliens are considered “persons”