The Kings Bay Plowshares 7 have been convicted for peacefully protesting government H-bombs. They face up to 20 years.
Hear my interview of Elizabeth McAlister from last week here.
Substantive Due Process
[T]he conservatives reject substantive due process, which they see as a contradiction in terms that authorizes judges to legislate. If the term sounds odd, it would be odder still to dismiss the idea. As Roger Pilon writes, “By ‘law’ [in due process of law] the...