The concept of procedural due process has deep roots in Anglo-American legal history. It can be traced back to the Magna Carta of 1215, which declared that no free man should be seized or imprisoned, ...

Due process safeguards citizens by enforcing fair governmental actions. Procedural due process ensures correct application of laws; substantive due process checks law constitutionality. Due process is ...

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 ...

Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics written by Paul G. Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. Legal treatises have been written about ...

As Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter put it: "The history of American freedom is, in no small measure, the history of procedure." The scale of threats to due process, however, has greatly ...

Mass deportations and protests are taking place in the U.S. With many Americans taking an interest in their constitutional rights, Get the Facts examines the due process clause - one of the ...

In the United States, due process is meant to safeguard against government overreach. The clause states that no state may deprive any person of life, liberty or property, without due process of the ...

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 ...

Earlier this week, the Supreme Court decided to hear Culley v. Attorney General of Alabama, a case consolidating two claims against the Alabama authorities that raise the issue of whether the ...

The Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment provides that "[n]o person shall ... be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law." The Fourteenth Amendment guarantees due ...

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 ...