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 ...

For more than a century, most Americans have assumed that anyone born on U.S. soil automatically becomes a citizen, regardless of their parents’ status. But this modern understanding of “birthright ...

Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment includes references to both citizens and persons: The text provide that only the "privileges or immunities" of citizens are protected. By contrast, persons ...

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 ...

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 ...