*Adrian Aldrich The unassuming dusky gopher frog has become a flashpoint in an ongoing struggle between private landowners advocating for stronger property rights and conservation efforts by the federal government. Lawrence Hurley, U.S. Top Court Takes Up Property Rights Case Involving Endangered Frog, Reuters (Jan. 22, 2018, 9:45 AM), https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-frog/u-s-top-court-takes-up-property-rights-case-involving-endangered-frog-idUSKBN1FB1YO. This year, the Supreme CourtContinue reading “Will the Supreme Court’s Decision in the Case of the Dusky Gopher Frog Forecast the Twilight of the Endangered Species Act?”
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Can we be inclusive and not discriminate? What will be the effects of the proposed census questions?
*Elizabeth Strunk Another ten years have passed, and it is that time again. The constitutionally required decennial census is upon us. U.S. Const. art. I, § 2, cl. 3. The Secretary of Commerce has been given broad discretion by Congress to carry out the decennial census through “the use of sample procedures and special surveys.”Continue reading “Can we be inclusive and not discriminate? What will be the effects of the proposed census questions?”
Spring Symposium – Call for Papers: Applied Feminism and #MeToo
The Center on Applied Feminism at the University of Baltimore School of Law seeks paper proposals for the Eleventh Feminist Legal Theory Conference. We hope you will join us for this exciting conference on Friday, April 12, 2019. The theme is the #MeToo movement.
Expert Testimony in Maryland: Frye-Reed or Daubert?
*Reginald Smallwood Laws undoubtedly evolve over time. However, is there ever a point when a law evolves into an entirely new law? Many states use federal laws as guidance for creating new state laws. Michael Morgenstern, Daubert v. Frye – A State by State Comparison, The Expert Inst. (Apr. 3, 2017), https://www.theexpertinstitute.com/daubert-v-frye-a-state-by-state-comparison. However, if theContinue reading “Expert Testimony in Maryland: Frye-Reed or Daubert?”
Guns in the Classroom? The Department of Education’s Possible Plan to Arm Teachers
*Sarah Livingston The Parkland school shooting in February 2018 caused yet another debate in the media about the Second Amendment and school safety. Vann R. Newkirk II, Arming Educators Violates the Spirit of the Second Amendment, The Atlantic (Feb. 22, 2018), https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/02/the-absurdity-of-armed-educators/553961/. Some states have proposed bills to permit concealed handguns in school, while othersContinue reading “Guns in the Classroom? The Department of Education’s Possible Plan to Arm Teachers”
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