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 […]

美國最高法院即將審理的Nielsen v. Watanabe案可能徹底推翻Bivens判例，使聯邦執法人員在侵犯憲法權利後幾乎無法被起訴。文章梳理了Bivens判例的由來、最高法院近年對其的持續削弱，以及本案原告Kekai Watanabe的獄中醫療訴求。