Government actions that remove or weaken existing civil liberties protections — rescinding consent decrees, expanding warrantless surveillance, restricting due process for specific populations, or using executive authority to override court-ordered civil rights protections. Routine civil rights enforcement, advisory committees, and routine immigration administration and processing volume changes are NOT erosion signals.

Due process is the procedure for finding out whether the government has the right person — and anyone can be wrongly accused. Why this matters →

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