Under common law, to constitute defamation, a claim must generally be false and must have been made to someone other than the person defamed. Some common law jurisdictions also distinguish between spoken defamation, called slander, and defamation in other media such as printed words or images, called libel. False light laws protect against statements which are not technically false, but which are misleading.
The Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution each contain a due process clause. Due process deals with the administration of justice and thus the due process clause acts as a safeguard from arbitrary denial of life, liberty, or property by the Government outside the sanction of law.ourts have viewed the due process clause, and sometimes other clauses of the Constitution, as embracing those fundamental rights that are âimplicit in the concept of ordered liberty.â Just what those rights are is not always clear, nor is the Supreme Court's authority to enforce such unenumerated rights clear.
The 14th Amendment was put forward as the country was healing itself from the Civil War and was ratified in 1868. It stated that all persons born or naturalized in the United States-including African Americans-are citizens of the country.Its Due Process Clause also stated that local and state governments cannot deprive any citizen of 'life, liberty or property' without due cause.lthough the Civil War officially ended slavery, the 14th Amendment to the Constitution cemented its demise. Develop an understanding of the 14th Amendment and test your knowledge with a short quiz.