Substantive rights have a core that can be meaningfully interpreted and protected; they can exist independently of a particular government or a particular legal system. Procedural rights lack such an ...

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 Fifth Amendment of the US Constitution states in part, quote, No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of the law. One of the founding principles of the United ...

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 ...

Love him or loath him, Donald Trump is a champion complainer. The civil courts are prejudiced against him. The judges are corrupt. The juries are unfair. And in the criminal arena, all 91 charges ...

With the resignation of Justice David Souter, President Obama has his first opportunity to fill a vacancy on the U. S. Supreme Court. Because justices are appointed for life, who he appoints may well ...