Case: Individual Employment Rights/First Amendment (5th Cir.)

The Fifth Circuit affirmed dismissal of a Black administrator’s First Amendment and due process claims, ruling his reports of child abuse were made as an employee, not a citizen, and thus weren’t ...
Texarkana Gazette

EDITORIAL | Due Process, Equal Justice: Constitution’s 14th Amendment adopted 157 years ago today

The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution has been the center of controversy since it was adopted on July 9, 1868 -- 157 years ago today. Born of Reconstruction, it was hotly debated by Northern ...
PBS

Due Process Clause, Equal Protection Clause and Disenfranchising Felons

The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment is exactly like a similar provision in the Fifth Amendment, which only restricts the federal government. It states that no person shall be “deprived ...
Houston Public Media

Due Process

The Constitution has guaranteed our freedoms and rights for over 200 years. In this regular series, Dean Leonard Baynes with the University of Houston Law Center looks at the Amendments and how they ...
Reason

What Is A "Liberty Interest" And Why Does The Due Process Clause Protect It?

I continue to make my way through the final decisions of the term. Next up is Gutierrez v. Saenz. At first blush, this is the sort of case you might skip over. Can a convicted murderer sue the ...
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What Is Due Process and Why Is It Important?

As we slide into the second quarter of 2025, if I were to predict the word or phrase of the year, it would be "due process." News stories lament the absence of due process, and talking heads, lawyers, ...