U.S. Supreme Court,
Civil Rights
Apr. 7, 2022
Thompson v. Clark: Criminal prosecution gains clarity
Thompson resolves a circuit split on whether a section 1983 plaintiff alleging malicious prosecution must show that his criminal prosecution ended not merely without a conviction, but also with some affirmative indication of his innocence.
Robert L. Bastian Jr.
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“A conservative,” quipped Irving Kristol, neoconservatism’s godfather, “is a liberal who has been mugged by reality.”
“A liberal,” Thomas Wolfe retorted, “is a conservative who has been arrested.”
It is impossible to rule out a shade of that competing psycho-dynamic in Justice Brent
Kavanaugh’s majority opinion in the recently decided Thompson v. Clark. No. 20–659. Argued October 12,...
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