In his first week in office, President Donald Trump, his administration, and the Republican party have made it clear they are intent on disrupting the status quo in the country. From renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, to pardoning the more ...

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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 Republicans, who thought it did not go far enough to ...

The text of the Constitution is clear and so is the Supreme Court: All non-citizens on U.S. soil must be afforded "due process of law." "There are literally millions of aliens within the jurisdiction of the United States. The Fifth Amendment, as well as ...

The Iowa state constitution is on display in Secretary of State Paul Pate's office in 2016. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. DES MOINES — Iowans ...

As prisoners stand looking out from a cell, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a tour of the Terrorist Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, March 26, 2025. Re: “Not for everyone,” by Michael Starnes, March 21 Letters.

President Trump cast doubt on Constitutional due-process rights in an interview aired Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” where he was pressed on whether he believed all people on American soil were entitled to legal hearings in the face of his mass ...

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 of life, liberty, or property without due process of ...