With the doors to federal court closing on civil rights claims, this final episode of Season 2 heads to new terrain: state court.
Click here for transcript. Click here for Episode 1.
Guests
Robert Williams, Rutgers Law
Alexander Reinert, Cardozo Law
Diego Zambrano, Stanford Law
Keith Neely, Institute for Justice
Civil rights practitioners:
Victor Fleitas, Mississippi
A. Dwight Pettit, Baltimore
Laura Schauer Ives, New Mexico
Hugh Eastwood, St. Louis
Doug Norwood, Arkansas
Victor Glasberg, Virginia
Resources
Megan Cairns, Kendall Morton, 50 Shades of Government Immunity: Complications with bringing civil rights claims under state laws
IJ’s model legislation: Protecting Everyone’s Civil Rights Act
Alexander Reinert, Joanna Schwartz, and James Pfander, New Federalism and Civil Rights Enforcement
Diego Zambrano, Federal Expansion and the Decay of State Courts
Katie Eyer, Robert Williams, State Constitutional Law Teaching Materials for 1L Constitutional Law Classes
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