A legal scholar makes an argument for free speech, due process, and restraint against the "cancellation" of individuals and institutions. Dershowitz states his case for restraint and care in decisions about whom and what to cancel, boycott, deplatform, and bar from public life, and offers recommendations for when, why, and to what degree these steps may be appropriate, as long as objective, fair-minded criteria can be determined and met. While Dershowitz...

"The Supreme Court's decisions on constitutional rights are well known and much talked about. But individuals who want to defend those rights need something else as well: access to courts that can rule on their complaints. And on matters of access, the Court's record over the past generation has been almost uniformly hostile to the enforcement of individual citizens' constitutional rights. The Court has restricted who has standing to sue, expanded...

In society, there are ways to ensure people are protected under the law. This is through a method called due process. Readers will learn how due process functions in the government today, how the Constitution strives to protect this process and protect people from unfair laws, and how the process can be applied to everyday situations.

The fact that individuals accused of a crime are innocent until proven guilty and safeguarded by a robust set of rights and protections is one of the things that sets the United States apart from many other nations. According to the Sixth Amendment, individuals accused of crimes have a number of important rights, including the right to a speedy trial, to a jury of peers, to be informed of the charges against them, to an attorney and witnesses in their...

An overview of the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution, which defines and protects a citizen's rights within the legal system.

Explains how and why the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments to the Constitution protect the rights of those accused of a crime.