If a person's Eighth Amendment rights are violated by an FBI agent acting under color of law, a claim may be brought:

a. under §1983
b. directly under the Constitution (a Bivens claim)
c. under §1983 and directly under the Constitution (a Bivens claim)
d. none of the above; the claim is brought under the Tucker Act


c

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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The Equal Protection Clause:

a. has always been held to prohibit the practice of separate but equal. b. prohibits a school from considering race in its admissions policies. c. is found in the 14th Amendment. d. All of the above

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FastCase provides a list of negative authority and uses a red "thumbs down" icon and green "thumbs up" icon to demonstrate whether a citation is still good law.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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To read common law you would look at __________.

A. reporters B. looseleaf services containing recent court decisions C. legal encyclopedias D. a and b E. a, b, and c

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