Congratulations to Professor Nadia Banteka, whose latest article, Cross-Sovereign Policing and the Constitutional Crisis of Accountability, is forthcoming in the Yale Law Journal. Building on her broader project on police accountability, including articles Police Vigilantism (Virginia Law Review), Police Brutality as Torture (UCLA Law Review), and Unconstitutional Police Pretexts (Wisconsin Law Review), this piece examines how hybrid federal–state policing arrangements have reshaped American law enforcement and weakened the constitutional link between public power and accountability. Professor Banteka shows where current doctrines—Section 1983, Bivens, and Supremacy Clause immunity—fall short in addressing cross-sovereign policing, creating gaps in remedies for misconduct. The article concludes with a reform framework—doctrinal, statutory, and institutional—to help restore democratic oversight and accountability. Please click here to see the abstract. You may also email Professor Banteka with any questions or feedback. Posted 9.19.25
We’re proud to share that Professor Nadia Banteka, Gary & Sallyn Pajcic Professor of Law, has a panel presentation that was selected through a highly competitive process for inclusion in the 2026 Criminal Procedure Investigation section of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Annual Meeting. The panel, “Who Claims the Power to Police? Authority, Legitimacy, and the Re-Imagining of Public Safety,” will bring together Professor Banteka and six distinguished legal scholars from across the nation to explore pressing questions about policing, authority, and public safety. The AALS Annual Meeting will be held January 6–9, 2026, in New Orleans. Posted 8.22.25