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More Stories Of Jurisdiction-Stripping And Executive Power: Interpreting The Prison Litigation Reform Act (Plra), Giovanna Shay, Johanna Kalb
More Stories Of Jurisdiction-Stripping And Executive Power: Interpreting The Prison Litigation Reform Act (Plra), Giovanna Shay, Johanna Kalb
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In the last several years, the Supreme Court has decided a number of important challenges to the government’s conduct of its “War on Terror.” Brought on behalf of persons alleged to be “enemy combatants,” many of whom were detained at Guantánamo Bay, these suits challenged the prisoners’ indefinite detention, asserted their right to access federal courts, and questioned the legality of the tribunals created to adjudicate the charges against them. The debate about the detainees’ access to federal courts has continued in Congress, with the passage of the Military Commissions Act (MCA), and in the lower courts, with challenges to …
Beyond Blame—Mens Rea And Regulatory Crime, Arthur Leavens
Beyond Blame—Mens Rea And Regulatory Crime, Arthur Leavens
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In the first part of this Article, the Author briefly outlines the conceptual underpinnings of the common law approach to mens rea, with its blame focus, and the Supreme Court's early efforts to develop a different approach in interpreting regulatory criminal statutes. The Author begins the second part of this Article with Lambert v. California, in which the Court staked out the constitutional limits for the employment of strict liability in public welfare or regulatory crimes, and, first employed notice-based mens rea. This part goes on to examine the ensuing cases in which the Court, at least implicitly, fleshes out …