Due Process Institute
@idueprocess.org
bipartisan nonprofit preserving + restoring principles of fairness in the criminal justice system #BipartisanWorks #WeThePeople
Happy Founder's Day! 🎉🥳
We also share our birthday with our Founder + President Shana O'Toole so here's to another year of fighting for bipartisan criminal legal reform!
We also share our birthday with our Founder + President Shana O'Toole so here's to another year of fighting for bipartisan criminal legal reform!
January 23, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Happy Founder's Day! 🎉🥳
We also share our birthday with our Founder + President Shana O'Toole so here's to another year of fighting for bipartisan criminal legal reform!
We also share our birthday with our Founder + President Shana O'Toole so here's to another year of fighting for bipartisan criminal legal reform!
House to Consider Legislation for Pregnant Women and CRA, May Consider Approps Bills, Senate in Recess
Read this week's Point of Order: dueprocess.substack.com/p/house-to-c...
Read this week's Point of Order: dueprocess.substack.com/p/house-to-c...
House to Consider Legislation for Pregnant Women and CRA, May Consider Approps Bills, Senate in Recess
Jason Pye - Vice President, Due Process Institute
dueprocess.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:11 PM
House to Consider Legislation for Pregnant Women and CRA, May Consider Approps Bills, Senate in Recess
Read this week's Point of Order: dueprocess.substack.com/p/house-to-c...
Read this week's Point of Order: dueprocess.substack.com/p/house-to-c...
House to Consider Legislation for Pregnant Women and CRA, May Consider Approps Bills, Senate in Recess
Read this week's Point of Order: dueprocess.substack.com/p/house-to-c...
Read this week's Point of Order: dueprocess.substack.com/p/house-to-c...
House to Consider Legislation for Pregnant Women and CRA, May Consider Approps Bills, Senate in Recess
Jason Pye - Vice President, Due Process Institute
dueprocess.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:05 PM
House to Consider Legislation for Pregnant Women and CRA, May Consider Approps Bills, Senate in Recess
Read this week's Point of Order: dueprocess.substack.com/p/house-to-c...
Read this week's Point of Order: dueprocess.substack.com/p/house-to-c...
In the face of systemic racism that still exists today, Dr. King fought for equality, fundamental rights, and racial justice. We will continue to honor his legacy by advocating for these ideals until they are fully realized in our country and the criminal legal system. #MLKDay
January 19, 2026 at 4:58 PM
In the face of systemic racism that still exists today, Dr. King fought for equality, fundamental rights, and racial justice. We will continue to honor his legacy by advocating for these ideals until they are fully realized in our country and the criminal legal system. #MLKDay
Keeping people permanently punished by a criminal record costs us all—fewer workers, lower earnings, and slower growth.
Second chance policies unlock opportunity, boost the economy, and reflect core American values of fairness and redemption.
idueprocess.org/blog/f/secon...
Second chance policies unlock opportunity, boost the economy, and reflect core American values of fairness and redemption.
idueprocess.org/blog/f/secon...
Second Chance Policies Would Boost America’s Economy
There’s already a worker shortage, and it’s just going to get worse.
idueprocess.org
January 16, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Keeping people permanently punished by a criminal record costs us all—fewer workers, lower earnings, and slower growth.
Second chance policies unlock opportunity, boost the economy, and reflect core American values of fairness and redemption.
idueprocess.org/blog/f/secon...
Second chance policies unlock opportunity, boost the economy, and reflect core American values of fairness and redemption.
idueprocess.org/blog/f/secon...
House to Consider Another Approps Minibus, Veto Overrides, and Expanded ACA Subsidies While the Senate Takes Up More Nominations
Start off 2026 by subscribing to Point of Order, our weekly congressional newsletter:
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Start off 2026 by subscribing to Point of Order, our weekly congressional newsletter:
dueprocess.substack.com/p/house-to-c...
House to Consider Another Approps Minibus, Veto Overrides, and Expanded ACA Subdies While the Senate Takes Up More Nominations
Jason Pye - Vice President, Due Process Institute
dueprocess.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:13 PM
House to Consider Another Approps Minibus, Veto Overrides, and Expanded ACA Subsidies While the Senate Takes Up More Nominations
Start off 2026 by subscribing to Point of Order, our weekly congressional newsletter:
dueprocess.substack.com/p/house-to-c...
Start off 2026 by subscribing to Point of Order, our weekly congressional newsletter:
dueprocess.substack.com/p/house-to-c...
🗣️🥯 Awesome event hosted by Jobs for the Future to discuss how we can implement more effective policies to remove barriers and help get formerly incarcerated people back in the workforce
Great to meet, speak, and brainstorm with such a diverse group of stakeholders and advocates💪⚖️
Great to meet, speak, and brainstorm with such a diverse group of stakeholders and advocates💪⚖️
December 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
🗣️🥯 Awesome event hosted by Jobs for the Future to discuss how we can implement more effective policies to remove barriers and help get formerly incarcerated people back in the workforce
Great to meet, speak, and brainstorm with such a diverse group of stakeholders and advocates💪⚖️
Great to meet, speak, and brainstorm with such a diverse group of stakeholders and advocates💪⚖️
ICYMI: We joined @cdt.org and other privacy + civil liberties organizations urging House Judiciary to implement necessary reform of FISA Section 702.
This includes closing the backdoor search and data broker loophole, fixing overbroad expansion of ECSP, and promoting transparency at the FISA court.
This includes closing the backdoor search and data broker loophole, fixing overbroad expansion of ECSP, and promoting transparency at the FISA court.
December 12, 2025 at 6:47 PM
ICYMI: We joined @cdt.org and other privacy + civil liberties organizations urging House Judiciary to implement necessary reform of FISA Section 702.
This includes closing the backdoor search and data broker loophole, fixing overbroad expansion of ECSP, and promoting transparency at the FISA court.
This includes closing the backdoor search and data broker loophole, fixing overbroad expansion of ECSP, and promoting transparency at the FISA court.
"Clean Slate policies turn second chances into family outcomes: steadier income, safer housing, and parents who can finally show up for their children."
Read The Clean Slate Initiative's new research on the impact of a criminal record on families: www.cleanslateinitiative.org/updates/new-...
Read The Clean Slate Initiative's new research on the impact of a criminal record on families: www.cleanslateinitiative.org/updates/new-...
New Research Sheds Light on How Arrest and Conviction Records Harm Families | The Clean Slate Initiative
An old arrest or conviction record doesn’t just impact the person who has it; it can entirely reshape family life — known as symbiotic harms. New research funded by The Clean Slate Initiative explores...
www.cleanslateinitiative.org
December 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
"Clean Slate policies turn second chances into family outcomes: steadier income, safer housing, and parents who can finally show up for their children."
Read The Clean Slate Initiative's new research on the impact of a criminal record on families: www.cleanslateinitiative.org/updates/new-...
Read The Clean Slate Initiative's new research on the impact of a criminal record on families: www.cleanslateinitiative.org/updates/new-...
We urge SCOTUS to adopt a rule that prevents the exclusion of defense witnesses absent bad faith.
Excluding key testimony harms truth-seeking, fuels wrongful convictions, and unfairly tilts the system toward prosecutors.
Read our brief: bit.ly/3KA9r9M
Excluding key testimony harms truth-seeking, fuels wrongful convictions, and unfairly tilts the system toward prosecutors.
Read our brief: bit.ly/3KA9r9M
December 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
We urge SCOTUS to adopt a rule that prevents the exclusion of defense witnesses absent bad faith.
Excluding key testimony harms truth-seeking, fuels wrongful convictions, and unfairly tilts the system toward prosecutors.
Read our brief: bit.ly/3KA9r9M
Excluding key testimony harms truth-seeking, fuels wrongful convictions, and unfairly tilts the system toward prosecutors.
Read our brief: bit.ly/3KA9r9M
In the midst of a shrinking labor supply, Congress can help create opportunities for 70 million Americans that face barriers to employment due to a criminal record.
Read our blog on how the Clean Slate Act and Fresh Start Act can help improve the economy:
idueprocess.org/blog/f/secon...
Read our blog on how the Clean Slate Act and Fresh Start Act can help improve the economy:
idueprocess.org/blog/f/secon...
Second Chance Policies Would Boost America’s Economy
There’s already a worker shortage, and it’s just going to get worse.
idueprocess.org
December 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM
In the midst of a shrinking labor supply, Congress can help create opportunities for 70 million Americans that face barriers to employment due to a criminal record.
Read our blog on how the Clean Slate Act and Fresh Start Act can help improve the economy:
idueprocess.org/blog/f/secon...
Read our blog on how the Clean Slate Act and Fresh Start Act can help improve the economy:
idueprocess.org/blog/f/secon...
‼️ BREAKING
The House just passed the Count the Crimes to Cut Act (H.R. 2159), a bill that would require DOJ to produce a report identifying all federal crimes and the number of prosecutions in the past 15 years.
A huge step toward a clearer, fairer federal criminal code!
The House just passed the Count the Crimes to Cut Act (H.R. 2159), a bill that would require DOJ to produce a report identifying all federal crimes and the number of prosecutions in the past 15 years.
A huge step toward a clearer, fairer federal criminal code!
December 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
‼️ BREAKING
The House just passed the Count the Crimes to Cut Act (H.R. 2159), a bill that would require DOJ to produce a report identifying all federal crimes and the number of prosecutions in the past 15 years.
A huge step toward a clearer, fairer federal criminal code!
The House just passed the Count the Crimes to Cut Act (H.R. 2159), a bill that would require DOJ to produce a report identifying all federal crimes and the number of prosecutions in the past 15 years.
A huge step toward a clearer, fairer federal criminal code!
🦃 Happy Thanksgiving from Due Process Institute!
Today we’re thankful for good food, good company, and everyone who believes justice should always be on the menu. 🥧⚖️
We hope you enjoy the holiday!🍁
Today we’re thankful for good food, good company, and everyone who believes justice should always be on the menu. 🥧⚖️
We hope you enjoy the holiday!🍁
a pug dog dressed in a turkey costume is sitting in the grass with a happy thanksgiving message .
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November 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
🦃 Happy Thanksgiving from Due Process Institute!
Today we’re thankful for good food, good company, and everyone who believes justice should always be on the menu. 🥧⚖️
We hope you enjoy the holiday!🍁
Today we’re thankful for good food, good company, and everyone who believes justice should always be on the menu. 🥧⚖️
We hope you enjoy the holiday!🍁
CRAs, Epstein Files, and More in the House While the Senate Moves More Nominees and Could Consider More Appropriations Bills
This week's Point of Order: dueprocess.substack.com/p/cras-epste...
This week's Point of Order: dueprocess.substack.com/p/cras-epste...
CRAs, Epstein Files, and More in the House While the Senate Moves More Nominees and Could Consider More Appropriations Bills
Jason Pye - Vice President, Due Process Institute
dueprocess.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
CRAs, Epstein Files, and More in the House While the Senate Moves More Nominees and Could Consider More Appropriations Bills
This week's Point of Order: dueprocess.substack.com/p/cras-epste...
This week's Point of Order: dueprocess.substack.com/p/cras-epste...
Senate Appears Poised to Pass Government Funding Deal, House May Finally Return to DC, Safer Supervision Act Reintroduced
Read this week's Point of Order:
dueprocess.substack.com/p/senate-app...
Read this week's Point of Order:
dueprocess.substack.com/p/senate-app...
Senate Appears Poised to Pass Government Funding Deal, House May Finally Return to DC, Safer Supervision Act Reintroduced
Jason Pye - Vice President, Due Process Institute
dueprocess.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Senate Appears Poised to Pass Government Funding Deal, House May Finally Return to DC, Safer Supervision Act Reintroduced
Read this week's Point of Order:
dueprocess.substack.com/p/senate-app...
Read this week's Point of Order:
dueprocess.substack.com/p/senate-app...
Rikers Island's inhumane jail conditions have received national media attention but prisons across the country share similar pathologies. This past
Read our post explaining the history of Rikers and how it represents the nationwide crisis we're facing:
clause40.org/blog/f/riker...
Read our post explaining the history of Rikers and how it represents the nationwide crisis we're facing:
clause40.org/blog/f/riker...
Rikers Island and the Chronic Crisis of Jail Conditions
What the recent history of Rikers tells us about the choice to run inhumane jails.
clause40.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Rikers Island's inhumane jail conditions have received national media attention but prisons across the country share similar pathologies. This past
Read our post explaining the history of Rikers and how it represents the nationwide crisis we're facing:
clause40.org/blog/f/riker...
Read our post explaining the history of Rikers and how it represents the nationwide crisis we're facing:
clause40.org/blog/f/riker...
👏 We applaud the introduction of the Safer Supervision Act, S. 3077 + H.R. 5883
This bill will reform supervised release by rewarding compliance, escalating intervention proportionally, and reducing churn due to technical violations that produces no measurable public-safety gain.
This bill will reform supervised release by rewarding compliance, escalating intervention proportionally, and reducing churn due to technical violations that produces no measurable public-safety gain.
November 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
👏 We applaud the introduction of the Safer Supervision Act, S. 3077 + H.R. 5883
This bill will reform supervised release by rewarding compliance, escalating intervention proportionally, and reducing churn due to technical violations that produces no measurable public-safety gain.
This bill will reform supervised release by rewarding compliance, escalating intervention proportionally, and reducing churn due to technical violations that produces no measurable public-safety gain.
In Lopez v. United States, we argue the honest-services clause is unconstitutionally vague, provides no "ascertainable standard of guilt," and violates the due process rights of defendants.
Our brief to the Supreme Court joined by @cato.org:
bit.ly/47AW2Wn
Our brief to the Supreme Court joined by @cato.org:
bit.ly/47AW2Wn
November 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
In Lopez v. United States, we argue the honest-services clause is unconstitutionally vague, provides no "ascertainable standard of guilt," and violates the due process rights of defendants.
Our brief to the Supreme Court joined by @cato.org:
bit.ly/47AW2Wn
Our brief to the Supreme Court joined by @cato.org:
bit.ly/47AW2Wn
“This year’s survey marks the lowest share of respondents who said they think crime is a very serious issue since 2018.”
Read how public perception continues to shift as the data shows crime is in decline:
thehill.com/homenews/sta...
Read how public perception continues to shift as the data shows crime is in decline:
thehill.com/homenews/sta...
thehill.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:34 PM
“This year’s survey marks the lowest share of respondents who said they think crime is a very serious issue since 2018.”
Read how public perception continues to shift as the data shows crime is in decline:
thehill.com/homenews/sta...
Read how public perception continues to shift as the data shows crime is in decline:
thehill.com/homenews/sta...
The idea that “no man is allowed to be a judge in his own cause” is a bedrock principle of the Constitution. A challenged judge shouldn't be able to assess their own impartiality.
We urged #SCOTUS to establish that independent review protects integrity: bit.ly/3Jh1GF7
We urged #SCOTUS to establish that independent review protects integrity: bit.ly/3Jh1GF7
October 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The idea that “no man is allowed to be a judge in his own cause” is a bedrock principle of the Constitution. A challenged judge shouldn't be able to assess their own impartiality.
We urged #SCOTUS to establish that independent review protects integrity: bit.ly/3Jh1GF7
We urged #SCOTUS to establish that independent review protects integrity: bit.ly/3Jh1GF7
Learn how federal time credits are earned, calculated, and applied under the First Step Act.
Watch the new First Step Act Federal Time Credit Application Informational Guide created by Federal Bureau of Prisons:
www.youtube.com/watch?si=BPr...
Watch the new First Step Act Federal Time Credit Application Informational Guide created by Federal Bureau of Prisons:
www.youtube.com/watch?si=BPr...
Federal Time Credit Application
YouTube video by Federal Bureau of Prisons
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October 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Learn how federal time credits are earned, calculated, and applied under the First Step Act.
Watch the new First Step Act Federal Time Credit Application Informational Guide created by Federal Bureau of Prisons:
www.youtube.com/watch?si=BPr...
Watch the new First Step Act Federal Time Credit Application Informational Guide created by Federal Bureau of Prisons:
www.youtube.com/watch?si=BPr...
Thank you Senator Shelley Moore Capito for your leadership in sponsoring the Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2025 amendment in the National Defense Authorization Act to advance the bill through the Senate. The Second Chance Act continues reentry services nationwide, including SUD treatment.
October 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Thank you Senator Shelley Moore Capito for your leadership in sponsoring the Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2025 amendment in the National Defense Authorization Act to advance the bill through the Senate. The Second Chance Act continues reentry services nationwide, including SUD treatment.
Always a good time when we get together. Congrats to Tray for winning our annual costume contest 👻 🎃 🧛♀️ 🧟♀️ #nonprofitlife #halloween
October 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Always a good time when we get together. Congrats to Tray for winning our annual costume contest 👻 🎃 🧛♀️ 🧟♀️ #nonprofitlife #halloween
You can read our original brief here: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
October 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
You can read our original brief here: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
“Public safety is strengthened when individuals have a real chance to succeed. Having a job is critical to breaking the cycle of crime and keeping communities safe. Simply put, employment is among the strongest evidence-based solutions for public safety.”
www.cleanslateinitiative.org/updates/five...
www.cleanslateinitiative.org/updates/five...
Five Reasons Second Chance Policies Benefit Public Safety | The Clean Slate Initiative
Communities are safer when people have jobs, stable families, and a real chance to rebuild after a past mistake. Learn more about the benefits of second chances for keeping America safe in this guest ...
www.cleanslateinitiative.org
October 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
“Public safety is strengthened when individuals have a real chance to succeed. Having a job is critical to breaking the cycle of crime and keeping communities safe. Simply put, employment is among the strongest evidence-based solutions for public safety.”
www.cleanslateinitiative.org/updates/five...
www.cleanslateinitiative.org/updates/five...