FRINK Linked Data Fragments server

Matches in SemOpenAlex for { <https://semopenalex.org/work/W3164524792> ?p ?o ?g. }

• W3164524792 abstract "This Essay was written for a symposium marking the fiftieth anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. As the current Court has turned against Bivens—seemingly confining it to three specific contexts created by Bivens and two follow-on decisions in 1979 and 1980—scholars and litigants have developed a set of claims to respond to the Court’s critique. The Court now views the judicially-created Bivens cause of action and remedy as a separation-of-powers foul; Congress is said to the institution which should weigh the costs and benefits of allowing constitutional tort suits against federal officers for damages, especially in areas like national security or foreign affairs in which the political branches might be thought to have constitutional primacy. Scholarly writing and litigation briefs critical of the Court’s treatment of Bivens now frequently focus on damages suits under common law or general law against American government officers in the early republic, reading them as giving Bivens a quasi-originalist pedigree. This historical writing about officer damages suits claims that courts in the early republic: acted independently of Congress to impose significant restraints on federal officers; protected persons from federal overreach no matter their citizenship and territorial location, and even during wartime; and refused to grant anything like qualified immunity that might have softened the blow of strict personal liability and promoted government efficiency. Common law damages suits against federal officers are said to have remained routinely available until after Bivens was decided when, in the 1988 Westfall Act, Congress barred state-law tort suits against federal officers acting within the scope of their employment. Through case studies of litigation against federal officers involved in customs enforcement and maritime seizures, this Essay qualifies and revises these claims. In those two contexts, I show that there was substantial political branch endorsement of personal damages liability of federal officers in the early republic, but as material and legal conditions changed over the nineteenth century, Congress moved away from officer suits as a means of ensuring accountability of federal officers and compensation of persons harmed by official illegality. Further, in high stakes contexts for the young republic—wartime prize seizures and peacetime anti-piracy seizures—the Supreme Court did in fact apply immunity doctrines to protect officers and incentivize vigor. Finally, alien enemy disability to sue in U.S. courts during wartime must be acknowledged as a significant limit the protective reach of the officer damages suit. I conclude with thoughts about the implications of this somewhat revised view of the history of damages litigation against federal officers." @default.
• W3164524792 created "2021-06-07" @default.
• W3164524792 creator A5015573467 @default.
• W3164524792 date "2021-05-19" @default.
• W3164524792 modified "2023-09-23" @default.
• W3164524792 title "Lessons for Bivens and Qualified Immunity Debates from Nineteenth-Century Damages Litigation against Federal Officers" @default.
• W3164524792 hasPublicationYear "2021" @default.
• W3164524792 type Work @default.
• W3164524792 sameAs 3164524792 @default.
• W3164524792 citedByCount "0" @default.
• W3164524792 crossrefType "posted-content" @default.
• W3164524792 hasAuthorship W3164524792A5015573467 @default.
• W3164524792 hasConcept C129161804 @default.
• W3164524792 hasConcept C138885662 @default.
• W3164524792 hasConcept C170706310 @default.
• W3164524792 hasConcept C17744445 @default.
• W3164524792 hasConcept C199539241 @default.
• W3164524792 hasConcept C200635333 @default.
• W3164524792 hasConcept C2776210200 @default.
• W3164524792 hasConcept C2777006572 @default.
• W3164524792 hasConcept C2777351106 @default.
• W3164524792 hasConcept C2777381055 @default.
• W3164524792 hasConcept C2777834853 @default.
• W3164524792 hasConcept C2778137410 @default.
• W3164524792 hasConcept C2778272461 @default.
• W3164524792 hasConcept C41895202 @default.
• W3164524792 hasConcept C84880406 @default.
• W3164524792 hasConceptScore W3164524792C129161804 @default.
• W3164524792 hasConceptScore W3164524792C138885662 @default.
• W3164524792 hasConceptScore W3164524792C170706310 @default.
• W3164524792 hasConceptScore W3164524792C17744445 @default.
• W3164524792 hasConceptScore W3164524792C199539241 @default.
• W3164524792 hasConceptScore W3164524792C200635333 @default.
• W3164524792 hasConceptScore W3164524792C2776210200 @default.
• W3164524792 hasConceptScore W3164524792C2777006572 @default.
• W3164524792 hasConceptScore W3164524792C2777351106 @default.
• W3164524792 hasConceptScore W3164524792C2777381055 @default.
• W3164524792 hasConceptScore W3164524792C2777834853 @default.
• W3164524792 hasConceptScore W3164524792C2778137410 @default.
• W3164524792 hasConceptScore W3164524792C2778272461 @default.
• W3164524792 hasConceptScore W3164524792C41895202 @default.
• W3164524792 hasConceptScore W3164524792C84880406 @default.
• W3164524792 hasLocation W31645247921 @default.
• W3164524792 hasOpenAccess W3164524792 @default.
• W3164524792 hasPrimaryLocation W31645247921 @default.
• W3164524792 hasRelatedWork W1497752438 @default.
• W3164524792 hasRelatedWork W1555515729 @default.
• W3164524792 hasRelatedWork W1585652862 @default.
• W3164524792 hasRelatedWork W1671119745 @default.
• W3164524792 hasRelatedWork W1936712476 @default.
• W3164524792 hasRelatedWork W1983807365 @default.
• W3164524792 hasRelatedWork W2501116049 @default.
• W3164524792 hasRelatedWork W2532508210 @default.
• W3164524792 hasRelatedWork W2572164340 @default.
• W3164524792 hasRelatedWork W2960280165 @default.
• W3164524792 hasRelatedWork W3121310158 @default.
• W3164524792 hasRelatedWork W3121633160 @default.
• W3164524792 hasRelatedWork W3121716335 @default.
• W3164524792 hasRelatedWork W3124749107 @default.
• W3164524792 hasRelatedWork W3125855860 @default.
• W3164524792 hasRelatedWork W3126120738 @default.
• W3164524792 hasRelatedWork W3167220252 @default.
• W3164524792 hasRelatedWork W3197622537 @default.
• W3164524792 hasRelatedWork W806071110 @default.
• W3164524792 hasRelatedWork W3124754054 @default.
• W3164524792 isParatext "false" @default.
• W3164524792 isRetracted "false" @default.
• W3164524792 magId "3164524792" @default.
• W3164524792 workType "article" @default.