Injunctive Relief for Constitutional Violations: Does the Civil Service Reform Act Preclude Equitable Remedies?

Discrimination in employment--remedies--standards governing backpay awards for violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Equity and Equitable Remedies

Should Montana Adopt a Civil Justice Reform Act?

The hostility of the burger court to mental health law reform litigation.

In recent years, many courts (and especially the federal courts) have become the focus for the pursuit of goals of major institutional reform in cases brought by advocates for prisoners, mental patients, students, and others.2 These advocates turned to the courts because the legislative and executive branches were unwilling to devote larger shares of scarce resources to improving conditions at ...

The Origination Clause, the Affordable Care Act, and Indirect Constitutional Violations.

"All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with amendments as on other Bills." U.S. Const. art. I, § 7, cl. 1 (Origination Clause). "As we have often noted, '[c]onstitutional rights would be of little value if they could be . . . indirectly denied.'" United States Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton, 514 U.S. 779, 829 (1995) Th...