The courts in the judicial system must make sure that all people have access to the due process of law. what does due process mean?

Due process is a legal requirement that enforces a government to respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person. There is an amendment in the 5th and 14th amendment of the US Constitution, which protects citizens against the arbitrary and unlawful denial of their right to life, liberty, and property. This requires government officials to follow fair procedures of a person's deprivation of the 3 previously mentioned rights, whether the offense to whom the person is accused is of civil or criminal nature.  

because of its location and commercial importance, atlanta was used as a center for military operations and as a supply route by the confederate army during the civil war. therefore, it also became a target for the union army. general william tecumseh sherman and his troops captured the city in 1864.

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b) a rich merchant.