Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association
Vol. 132 No. 1
Severability — the notion that a court may excise an unconstitutional part of a statute while leaving valid portions intact — forms a core...
Constitutional Remedies
Harmless Errors and Substantial Rights
Vol. 131 No. 8
The harmless constitutional error doctrine is as baffling as it is ubiquitous. Although appellate courts rely on it to deny relief for claimed constitutional...
Apparent Fault
Vol. 131 No. 6
Federal substantive criminal law and constitutional remedies might seem to be distinct bodies of law. But since the closing decades of the twentieth century,...
Ziglar v. Abbasi
Vol. 131 No. 1
Neither the Constitution nor the U.S. Code states that a federal official who violates a person’s constitutional rights may be sued for damages. In...
Minneci v. Pollard
Vol. 126 No. 1