Noah Smith-Drelich (Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology) has posted Is Bivens Dead? (Georgia Law Review, forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: For much of its fifty-year existence, Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics has served as a tenuous counterpart to Section 1983, providing a cause of action for federal violations of the Constitution.

The Tigers and Jayhawks squared off in Lawrence, Kansas, for the first time since 2005. The game turned tense, and Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz let people know how he felt.

Tennessee intends to name Nashville International Airport after country music icon Dolly Parton, according to a statement on ​Friday, after the singer died in the country music capital at ‌age 80 earlier this week.

The region has borne the brunt of a historic run of pulp and paper-mill closures. It’s the biggest threat to the rural economy since the fall of King Cotton.

Multiple proposals from both sides of the political spectrum are being prepped to rename BNA for Dolly Parton, and the decision to so should be a no-brainer.

An autopsy shows that an armed man killed by the Tennessee National Guard was shot in the back. The report that Tyrin Johnson’s family shared with The Associated Press on Thursday contradicts accounts by law enforcement.

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For much of its fifty-year existence, Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics has served as a tenuous counterpart to Section 1983, pro

The battle for the Senate is about to intensify ahead of the traditional Labor Day starting gun. Republicans still retain a structural advantage given the partisan challenges of the map, and Democrats still need almost every key race to break their way. But as we recently wrote, in a wave election akin to 2006, even states that President Donald Trump won by double digits could move within Democrats’ reach.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is pitching a plan to help shield local police officers who make immigration arrests from possible financial consequences if they are accused of on-duty miscon...

Tennessee’s highest-security youth prisons are operated by a single private company. Former staff say they felt pressure to hide abuse and other serious incidents from the state and to handle medical ...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks that are intended to gain compliance from combative individuals.

A new report found that working veteran underground coal miners in central Appalachia are suffering from black lung at the highest rates in nearly 50 years.

Because voters rejected Amendment 4, proposed state constitutional amendments brought by the public will still require a simple majority to pass once on the ballot.

The GOP Secretary of State’s decision was expected. Proponents of placing the GOP-leaning map up for a statewide vote will go to court to put a vote on the plan on the November ballot.