what does substantive mean
the substantive limitations placed on the content or subject matter of state and federal laws by the due process clauses of the fifth and fourteenth amendments to the u s constitutionin general substantive due process prohibits the government from infringing on fundamental constitutional libertiesby contrast procedural due process refers to the procedural limitations placed on the manner in which a law is administered applied or enforcedn general substantive due process prohibits the government from infringing on fundamental constitutional liberties by contrast procedural due process refers to the procedural limitations placed on the manner in which a law is administered applied or enforced