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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 my nearly three decades of teaching introductory U.S. Government to undergraduates at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, I often used a story about an international conference of academic ...