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 ...

The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton, allowed deportation without due process. Social media posts alleged that former U.S.

In President Donald Trump’s second term, one phrase keeps showing up: “due process.” Both legal scholars and immigration advocates say that disregarding due process for immigrants could have serious ...

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 ...

Decades of teaching college students about American jurisprudence have convinced me that it takes at least 30 minutes of class time to teach students what “due process of law” is. The concept is not ...

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 ...

Anyone who’s paying even passing attention to the debate around President Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown has no doubt heard the term “due process” a lot. “I am not defending the man. I’m ...

As the United States edges up to the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 2026, one of the core principles the founders sought to advance —that the government must act with ...

President Donald Trump shakes hands with the El Salvador Prime Minister Nayib Bukele in the Oval Office of the White House in April. KEN CEDENO Sipa USA The Trump administration wants to obliterate ...

In the first months of his administration, President Donald Trump repeatedly threatened due process, a fundamental principle enshrined in the U.S. Constitution. His attacks have spanned from the ...

David Leopold practices immigration law in Cleveland and is former president and general counsel of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. To advance its mass-deportation agenda, the Trump ...