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Iqbal Signals Bivens’ Peril: A Call For Congressional Action, Megan Gephart
Iqbal Signals Bivens’ Peril: A Call For Congressional Action, Megan Gephart
Fordham Urban Law Journal
This Note examines the propriety of a statutory replacement for the Bivens action. Part I of this Note outlines the history of implied causes of action generally, including the shifting attitude of the Court toward its power to fill gaps through the use of implied causes of action, as well as the Court’s attitude toward the Bivens action specifically. Part II examines the arguments for and against the adoption of a statutory replacement for Bivens in the context of the United States post-9/11. Part III contemplates a statutory replacement for Bivens, which would strike a balance between deterring rogue government …
The Rights Of Probationary Federal Employee Whistleblowers Since The Enactment Of The Civil Service Reform Act Of 1978, Benjamin C. Indig
The Rights Of Probationary Federal Employee Whistleblowers Since The Enactment Of The Civil Service Reform Act Of 1978, Benjamin C. Indig
Fordham Urban Law Journal
This Comment focuses on the rights, since the passage of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (CSRA), of the probationary employee who exposes fraud and mismanagement in the federal government. It reviews the rights granted by the CSRA, as well as non-CSRA rights granted under the Privacy Act, and under the first and fifth amendments of the Constitution, including the right to sue one's supervisor in a Bivens action. Non-CSRA rights are particularly important to the whistleblower who is a probationer. The Comment concludes that the CSRA does encourage probationers, to an extent, to expose fraud and wrongdoing in …
Municipal Liability For Torts Committed By Volunteer Anticrime Groups, Henry C. Collins
Municipal Liability For Torts Committed By Volunteer Anticrime Groups, Henry C. Collins
Fordham Urban Law Journal
Volunteer anticrime groups are effective in deterring crime by exercising the statutory power to effect citizen's arrest. As a result of using this statutory authority though, the municipality may face liability, for example, where a volunteer anticrime group effected an unlawful arrest, or for use of excessive force against the arrested individual. This comment explores what a plaintiff must prove when he proceeds under various causes of action: an action under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, a state law, or a Bivens-type cause of action, in order to recover against a municipality for torts committed by anticrime volunteer groups. The Comment …