If the court that hears the cases stands to profit from the fines paid by defendants, that's a violation of the Due Process Clause of the Constitution. The rulings have potential implications for other, similar conflicts of interest in the criminal justice system.
Two federal court rulings cite a significant conflict of interest.
When it comes to deciding who should keep their Second Amendment rights, the deck is stacked against gun owners.
Only if you assume they would have happened in the absence of gun confiscation orders.
The Democratic presidential contender suggests that "racist threats or anti-immigrant manifestos" could justify federal gun confiscation orders.
"The Second Amendment is not a suicide pact," the senator says, while glossing over the due process issues raised by gun confiscation orders.
Here is how the states with "red flag" laws fail to protect the constitutional rights of gun owners.
The Trump-endorsed response to mass shootings gives due process short shrift.
Because psychiatrists are terrible at predicting violent behavior, the wider net would catch lots of harmless people.
Under its "crime-free housing program," Granite City, Illinois, holds tenants strictly liable for illegal activity by a household member.
The case was brought on the family's behalf by the Institute for Justice, a prominent public interest law firm.
His lawsuit claims the campus's procedures made a mockery of due process.
Department of Homeland Security
A policy that allows for quicker deportations near the border could expand nationwide.
Aggressive asset forfeiture collides with First Amendment rights.
The lawsuit alleges that MSU has denied due process rights to student defendants in order to placate critics of its sexual assault policies.
"Purdue's process fell short of what even a high school must provide to a student facing a days-long suspension."
"Fairness can rarely be obtained by secret, one-sided determination of facts decisive of rights."
The celebrated law professor lost his position as faculty dean after students demanded his firing.
According to the ACLU of Rhode Island, which is representing the blogger, the order was issued without any adversarial hearing at which the blogger could appear.
"We are surprised and dismayed by the action Harvard announced today."
They're joined by an arrested spa owner and manager in fighting the release of surveillance video, with an array of big media companies on the other side.
Plus: Trump shows true colors on Yemen, U.K. sets a date for new porn rules, and scientists say we may be in a new geological epoch.
The organization objects to gun restrictions only if they impinge on other constitutional provisions.
The House version of the reauthorization bill includes new gun restrictions that sweep too broadly.
Conservative majority declines to consider constitutional concerns of holding noncitizens without hearings.
The rapid spread of Marsy's Law could undermine due process across the country.
Due Process Concerns Abound
Ronald Sullivan's choice of clients is "not only upsetting, but deeply trauma-inducing," according to activist students.
Universities must allow students to cross-examine accusers and witnesses, the ruling states.
A new report from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education argues DeVos's due process reforms are urgently needed.
That's PATRIOT Act thinking.
USC's procedures didn't fairly treat the accused, a California appellate court rules.
#MeToo has come for the popular astrophysicist. Let's withhold judgement.
The Arizona Supreme Court got it right: categorical denials of bail to persons charged with sexual assault violates the Constitution.
Cross-examination, stricter definition of misconduct, and greater flexibility
Justice Anthony Kennedy's bogus 2002 claim figures prominently in defenses of an Arizona bail ban.
Lawsuit wants to curb actions like "Operation Choke Point' in which bank regulators discourage banks from servicing certain customers, including gun and ammo dealers.
Surveillance footage disproves her allegations-and reminds everyone not to automatically believe victims.
"If this were a legal proceeding, many (if not all) of the members of the [Senate Judiciary Committee] would have to recuse themselves."
The Sixth Circuit reaffirms this, including for sexual assault accusations, in a case against the University of Michigan; and the court also allows plaintiff to proceed with his claim that the process was biased against him because of his sex.
If credibility is at stake, "the university must give the accused student or his agent an opportunity to cross-examine the accuser."
"While not a criminal matter, an order of protection exposes a respondent to an array of restrictions, including severe limitations on his or her Second Amendment rights. A respondent deserves a meaningful due process opportunity to present his or her case."
#MeToo madness: it's wrong to use Title IX, a feminist tool, "to take down a feminist."
It's not a crime to travel with lots of cash. But you still might be treated like a criminal.
A new ruling says the city's civil forfeiture program violates the right to due process.
Nice to see that the nation's top law enforcement officer is aware of "innocent until proven guilty."
"We remind respondent -- and all other colleges and universities, particularly state-affiliated institutions -- of their unwavering obligation to conduct student disciplinary proceedings in a manner that comports with fundamental notions of due process for the accused, that renders determinations consistent with the facts, and that respects the presumption of innocence to which all students are entitled."
Andrea Pino's gruesome campus rape report jump-started national reforms, but even other activists are asking questions.
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