In family’s lawsuit against public nursing home, court revisits private rights of action and the spending clause
SCOTUSBlog
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
1983 — which allows private suits for state and local deprivations of rights secured by federal law—to enforce federal statutes enacted under Congress’ spending clause power. Laws” means federal statutes, including spending clause enactments that “unambiguously” create individual rights. Background.
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