Author Archives: University of Baltimore Law Review Staff

Take a Knee: The $17 Million Cost of an Athlete’s First Amendment Right Joseph Samuels* I. Introduction             In the past year, the National Football League (NFL) and other professional sports organizations have been at the center of national attention as numerous players protest racial injustice and police brutality in America by taking a knee and/orContinue reading “Take a Knee: The $17 Million Cost of an Athlete’s First Amendment Right”

 The Rape Kit Backlog: Having the Answers Without the Resources to Decipher Them Emily Schreiber*             Across the country, states are confronted with a daunting dilemma: they may have the DNA to prosecute those who have committed sexual assault, but are lacking either the policies or financial support necessary to make the link.  See, e.g.,Continue reading ” The Rape Kit Backlog: Having the Answers Without the Resources to Decipher Them”

Environmental Groups Vow to Continue Suing Even If EPA Will Not Settle Caitlin Rayhart* Is the practice of administrative agencies settling lawsuits brought by advocacy groups, dubbed “sue-and-settle,” an affront to democracy, or a good way to hold administrative agencies accountable when they fail to enforce their own laws and meet their own deadlines?  ThisContinue reading “Environmental Groups Vow to Continue Suing Even If EPA Will Not Settle”

Self-Defense Goes Cyber: Congress Considers a Bill Permitting Victims of Cyberattacks to “Hack Back” Meghan Noone* Criminal law doctrine has embraced the concept that a person may use deadly force in self-defense, if reasonable, when there is an intruder in his or her home.  See Mark Randall & Hendrik DeBoer, The Castle Doctrine and Stand-Your-GroundContinue reading “Self-Defense Goes Cyber: Congress Considers a Bill Permitting Victims of Cyberattacks to “Hack Back””

Title IX Revamped: Further Victimizing Survivors                        Lauren Fleming* “But if everything is harassment, nothing is.”  Betsy DeVos.[1] Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 “is a federal civil rights law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in federally funded education programsContinue reading “Title IX Revamped: Further Victimizing Survivors”