Due process and the rule of law

Due process and the rule of law

CONSTITUTIONAL CONVERSATIONS

Letter: Where was their due process?

So let me get this straight. Some congressmen and Supreme Court justices are whining that an illegal migrant and MS-13 gang member has not gotten his "due process" before being removed from our country. Where were these concerned folks when over 200 "Americans" were jailed without due process, many receiving no court dates for over two years, after January 6. Call them what you will, protesters or rioters, but wake up people, you know this is wr…

The Crises of Due Process

The David Frum Show speaks with former Acting Attorney General Peter Keisler about existential threats to the rule of law.

JD Crowe: Trump’s assault on due process smells like the death of democracy

Ooh, that smell. The president won’t have to look far to find "homegrown criminals" to deport. He can find one dirty stinkin' felon just by looking in the mirror.

The right to due process is not situational

One of the pillars of our democracy is the Fifth Amendment. It reads as follows: “No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in […]

Do illegal immigrants have the right to due process?

Donald Trump and his administration are in the process of scooping up whoever they can off the streets, inventing flimsy pretexts to paint them as criminals, then booting them out of the country. Those affected include passport-holding Americans, students midway through degree programs, people whose removal has been stayed by judicial order and yes, undocumented people not in the country legally. There’s mounting criticism that all of the above …