Younger abstention | Season 4, Ep. 4

In 1966, Los Angeles officials tried to put a man in prison for handing out leaflets in protest of a fatal police shooting. Today, we know the case as Younger v. Harris, which kicked off the doctrine of Younger abstention, the bane of many a civil rights plaintiff. On this episode, we examine the origins, the impact, and the relentless expansion of the doctrine. Younger v. Harris (https://supreme.justia.com/cases/fede...) Click here (https://ij.org/wp-content/uploads/202...) for transcript.