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The Many Faces Of Iqbal, Rosalie Levinson
The Many Faces Of Iqbal, Rosalie Levinson
Rosalie Berger Levinson
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Time To Bury The Shocks The Conscience Test, Rosalie Levinson
Time To Bury The Shocks The Conscience Test, Rosalie Levinson
Rosalie Berger Levinson
The Supreme Court has acknowledged that "the Due Process Clause, like its forebear in the Magna Carta, was 'intended to secure the individual from the arbitrary exercise of the powers of government'...to prevent governmental power from being 'used for purposes of oppression.'"1 Historically, Magna Carta was aimed a·t limiting the power of the king. Today, substantive due process is invoked to challenge arbitrary deprivations of life, liberty, and property by officials, such as police officers, jail guards, public-school educators, public employers, and members of zoning boards. However, the Supreme Court has emasculated its efficacy as a limitation on executive power. …