Due Process
The right to due process means that the government must respect the legal rights of all and proceed fairly with people in their day-to-day dealings with government bureaucracy and the court system. When the government denies or limits someone's right to seek relief in the court or denies them an opportunity to be heard, that is a violation of their right to due process.
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Closure Reached in Suit Against Providence for Failing to Provide Special Education Services to Preschool Children
Closure reached in a federal class-action lawsuit filed in May 2023 against the Providence school district and the R.I. Department of Education, alleging that hundreds of children with disabilities between the ages of three and five were routinely not receiving critical and legally-required special education services.
RI Midterm Candidate Questions: Civil Liberties Edition
We sent a survey of civil liberties questions to all the candidates running for statewide office (except for Treasurer) that will be on the ballot in the 2026 Rhode Island midterm elections, as well as the Providence mayoral candidates.
RI Midterm Primary Candidate Questions: Civil Liberties Edition
We sent a survey of civil liberties questions to all the candidates running for statewide office (except for Treasurer) that will be on the ballot in the 2026 Rhode Island midterm elections, as well as the Providence mayoral candidates.
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