The "presumption of regularity" posits that:

a. most people who claim a violation of the equal protection clause have been discriminated against.
b. most people who allege due process violations have been harmed

c. there is a set of due process requirements that apply in regular criminal cases.
d. government actions are presumed lawful unless there is clear evidence to the contrary.


d

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