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...
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...
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,...
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...