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| The Fifth Amendment right providing that a person cannot be tried twice for the same crime. |
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| Court ruled that Scott had no due process rights because as a slave he ws his master's permanent property regardless of his master's having taken him to a free state or territory. |
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| The system of government that prevailed in the United States from 1789 to 1937, in which most fundamental government powers were shared between the federal and state governments. |
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| due process clause of the Fifth Amendment |
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| The concept of due process of law does not appear until the last words of the Fifth Amendment. All federal crime trials require the presence of a Grand Jury. All citizens are protected from double jeopardy and self-incrimination. Also, the government cannot take private property for public use without just compensation. |
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| The right of every citizen against arbitrary action by national or state governments. |
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