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Melvin Watt: “Nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person…”

On the recordJanuary 6, 2011
Nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
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Melvin Watt
North Carolina
Source
govinfo.gov
Jan 6, 2011

Editor's note · Context

The speaker is discussing the principles of due process and equal protection under the law.

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