Morfe v. Mutuc
Morfe v. Mutuc
Morfe v. Mutuc
Anyone with an alleged grievance regarding the extension of police On Right against self-incrimination
power to regulatory action affecting persons in public or private life
can invoke the protection of due process. We are not aware of any constitutional provision designed to protect a
man’s conduct from judicial inquiry, or aid him in fleeing from justice.
It has been held that due process may be relied upon by public official On Insult to personal integrity and official dignity
to protect the security of tenure which in a limited sense is analogous
to property. Therefore he could also use due process to strike down Only congressional power or competence, not the wisdom of the
what he considers as an infringement of his liberty. action taken, may be the basis for declaring a statute invalid.