Tag: Federalism
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Distributed Federalism: The Transformation of Younger
Anne Rachel Traum, Professor of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
For decades federal courts have remained mostly off limits to civil rights cases challenging the constitutionality of state criminal proceedings. Younger abstention, which requires federal courts to abstain from suits challenging the constitutionality of pending state prosecutions, has blocked plaintiffs from bringing meritorious civil rights cases and insulated local officials and federal courts from having…
Feb 2022
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Justiciability, Federalism, and the Administrative State
Zachary D. Clopton
Article III provides that the judicial power of the United States extends to certain justiciable cases and controversies. So if a plaintiff bringing a federal claim lacks constitutional standing or her dispute is moot under Article III, then a federal court should dismiss. But this dismissal need not end the story. This Article suggests a…
Sep 2018
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