*Andrew M. Harvey During the past few months, there has been a highly contested debate regarding the Supreme Court. Michael Klarman, Why Democrats Should Pack the Supreme Court, Take Care Blog (Oct. 15, 2018), https://takecareblog.com/blog/why-democrats-should-pack-the-supreme-court; Lee Drutman, It’s Time for Term Limits for Supreme Court Justices, Vox (June 27, 2018, 3:57 PM), https://www.vox.com/polyarchy/2018/6/27/17511030/supreme-court-term-limits-retirement. It hasContinue reading “It’s Time to Reform the Supreme Court, But How?”
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It’s Not as Easy as It Looks: Why the NCAA Refuses to Pay College Athletes What They Rightfully Deserve
*Liam Edward Rhodes I. Plenty of Money to Go Around To pay, or not to pay, that is the question. Traditionally, the thought of paying college athletes additional compensation in addition to receiving free cost of attendance was vehemently criticized by those who wanted to protect amateurism and the integrity of college athletics. Ivan Maisel,Continue reading “It’s Not as Easy as It Looks: Why the NCAA Refuses to Pay College Athletes What They Rightfully Deserve”
A Long-Standing Double Jeopardy Exception Is in Jeopardy of Being Overruled by the Supreme Court
*Emma J. Dorris I. INTRODUCTION The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that “no person shall . . . be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb.” U.S. Const. amend. V. This constitutional protection, which prohibits the government from prosecuting individuals twice for the sameContinue reading “A Long-Standing Double Jeopardy Exception Is in Jeopardy of Being Overruled by the Supreme Court”
Voting Rights for the Disabled: The Need for a Clear Standard
*Christina Araviakis Recently, voting has become a larger issue in public discourse than it has been in years past, which has made the right to vote increasingly valuable. See Priya Khatkhate, Taking Away the Vote, A.B.A. J. Mag., Oct. 2018, at 9–10, http://dashboard.mazsystems.com/webreader/57776?page=10. However, little attention has been given to the lack of a legalContinue reading “Voting Rights for the Disabled: The Need for a Clear Standard”
Scandalous and Immoral Trademarks Are (Almost) In!
*Reginald Smallwood Imagine that you are Native American and you are invited to a Washington Redskins (Redskins) game. Or you are Asian and you are invited to the concert of an Asian-American band called “The Slants.” Now imagine that you are in the mall and see a mannequin in the Urban Outfitters’ window wearing aContinue reading “Scandalous and Immoral Trademarks Are (Almost) In!”
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