In the 1980s and 1990s, a series of Supreme Court decisions and a new law sought to curb "frivolous" prisoner lawsuits and give more deference to prison officials. Together, they changed the legal ...
Victor Davis Hanson and FBN's Larry Kudlow discuss Donald Trump's claim that the $355 million fine leveled against him by New York state violates the Eighth Amendment. The Eighth Amendment to the ...
We analyzed nearly 1,500 cases to obtain data on prisoner litigation. We found that constitutional protections have been dramatically weakened. In the 1980s and 1990s, a series of Supreme Court ...