When Can the Government’s Misrepresentations Give Rise to a Constitutional Tort?

Abstract

Can allegations that senior State Department and National Security Council officials failed to inform a U.S. citizen that her foreign citizen husband was in foreign custody suffice to allege a denial of access to the courts in violation of the Fifth Amendment so as to give rise to a constitutional tort even absent any allegation that the plaintiff tried to file a lawsuit or was actually hindered in doing so? If so, was that right clearly established as of the time of the government officials\u27 conduct so as to defeat a defense of qualified immunity

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