An example of due process of law as guaranteed by the fifth amendment is being able to call and question witnesses. ensuring trials follow certain procedures and rules. owning guns and other weapons. having reasonable suspicion that someone is guilty.

How did the church gain secular power? a) monks forced massive numbers of people to convert through fear of punishment. b) the church issued interdicts, laws passed by the church regardless of secular law. c) the church's power to deny the sacraments gave the church power over christians. d) canon law established secular courts under the control of the church.