Constitutional Law
Apr. 26, 2011
A Distorted System of Constitutional Remedies
The U.S. Supreme Court has made a disturbing pattern of mistakes when interpreting civil rights legislation.
Robert L. Bastian Jr.
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Part one of this article described how, following the Civil War, federal courts undermined enforcement of federally protected rights against public employees acting under color of law, and against their municipal entity employers. What follows describes how the U.S. Supreme Court can fix what has evolved into a frequently ineffective and distorted system of constitutional tort remedies.
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