Notice & Comment

More on the Intersection of Qualified Immunity and Administrative Law

A while back I mentioned a new project that Chris Walker and I are working on that applies administrative law principles to the Supreme Court’s new procedural rules for qualified immunity. Those who are interested in the topic should check out Nancy Leong’s (very generous) review in Jotwell, available here. (Quick preview: “The article should stand as a seminal contribution to the post- Pearson literature—indeed, to the qualified immunity literature in general. It’s the place where all those interested in evaluating qualified immunity should begin in the future.”) Likewise, Chris and I are working on another paper that I’ll present next month as part of the AALS Administrative Law Section’s “New Voices in Administrative Law” program. We’ll share more about this new paper in due course. But as a sneak peak, we’re taking a deep dive into the data to research how panel composition affects the use of discretion to clarify constitutional law, as well as the use of unpublished opinions. It promises to be an interesting analysis.

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