The Supreme Court could make it impossible to sue federal officers

Let’s say that you’re savagely beaten by a federal officer despite the fact that you committed no crime. Or maybe your home is ransacked by FBI agents who didn’t even bother to get a warrant. Or maybe you’re shot in cold blood by immigration officials engaged in a paramilitary occupation of your home city. The […]

美国最高法院即将审理的Nielsen v. Watanabe案可能彻底推翻Bivens判例，使联邦执法人员在侵犯宪法权利后几乎无法被起诉。文章梳理了Bivens判例的由来、最高法院近年对其的持续削弱，以及本案原告Kekai Watanabe的狱中医疗诉求。