Tag: Detention

Rethinking Bivens: Legitimacy and Constitutional Adjudication

James E. Pfander & David Baltmanis

The Supreme Court’s 1971 decision in Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics plays a central role in our system of constitutional remedies. Yet critics have long questioned the Bivens Court’s decision to fashion a federal common law right of action to enforce the Fourth Amendment. While… Read More »