The right of due process of law enshrined in our Constitution’s Fifth Amendment is a basic human right that is older than our country, and we had better hope it lasts. Consider the hundreds of human ...

This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Ray Brescia is the Associate Dean for Research and ...

The U.S. Constitution, legal experts and decades of court decisions agree: Immigrants in the U.S., regardless of how they entered the U.S., legally or illegally, have due process rights. The due ...

While Republicans have celebrated President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration, Democrats have accused the Trump administration's deportations of violating due process. "We need judges ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. The administration wants to do what it chooses without checks upon its powers. That is ...

Former President Bill Clinton signed a 1996 law establishing expedited removal, a fast-track deportation that allows for deportations without going before an immigration judge. Although people’s due ...

Procedural due process ensures that the government follows fair methods, while substantive due process examines the content of government action itself, forbidding certain governmental intrusions ...

The U.S. is losing its commitment to due process and the rule of law. Due process, rooted in the Magna Carta and codified in the U.S. Constitution, protects citizens from unlawful deprivation of life, ...

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Statement: “If people come into our country illegally, there’s a different standard” for due process. President Donald Trump has twice sworn to "support and defend the Constitution of the United ...