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# *Defending Due Process*

### *Why Fairness Matters in a Polarized World* 

Published By Polity • 2025 

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Date and Time 

February 26, 2025 12 - 1 PM EST 

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Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC 

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##### Featuring 

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Brandon Garrett 

Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law

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Vikrant Reddy 

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In a Q&A, Brandon Garrett and Vikrant Reddy will discuss the new threats that due process faces and how we can respond by better safeguarding fundamental liberty and property rights. They will discuss why people are tempted to place outcomes before fairness—in society and in the courts. They will explore how new technology, including artificial intelligence, has created new threats to fairness and rights. And they will discuss how people, from judges to local community leaders, can find common ground around defending due process.

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### *[Defending Due Process: Why Fairness Matters in a Polarized World](https://www.amazon.com/Defending-Due-Process-Fairness-Polarized/dp/1509563873?tag=catoinstitute-20)*

We all feel unfairness deeply when treated in rash ways. We expect, and the law requires, government officials to take fairness seriously, giving us notice and an opportunity to be heard before taking our rights away. That is why the U.S. Constitution commands, twice, that no one shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.

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