Issues to Watch – Page 39 – University of Baltimore Law Review

Oh SNAP! The Farm Bill Will Likely Impact Your Everyday Life.

Travis C. Jones* Congress passed the latest iteration of the five-year farm bill in February 2014, and it is scheduled to expire in 2018. Renée Johnson & Jim Monke, Cong. Research Serv., RS22131, What is the Farm Bill? 1 (2018), http://nationalaglawcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/ /assets/crs/RS22131.pdf. The reauthorization process is underway, but the House and Senate have produced starklyContinue reading “Oh SNAP! The Farm Bill Will Likely Impact Your Everyday Life. “

Creating an Even Playing Field: State Sales Tax and Internet Transactions

Brenton Conrad* In 2016, South Dakota enacted emergency legislation requiring out-of-state businesses to pay South Dakota sales tax for any in-state internet purchase, claiming that the loss of revenue from a sales tax was “causing revenue losses and imminent harm . . . through the loss of critical funding for state and local services.” SouthContinue reading “Creating an Even Playing Field: State Sales Tax and Internet Transactions”

Maryland Offshore Wind Farms: Concerns of Ocean City, Maryland’s Tourism, and the Fishing Industry

*Curtis Snyder Under Maryland law, a “qualified offshore wind project” is permitted to be located in an area between ten and thirty miles off the coast of Maryland. Md. Code Ann., Pub. Util. § 7-701(k)(1)(ii) (West 2017). A qualified offshore wind project is defined as a wind turbine generation facility, which functions to produce renewableContinue reading “Maryland Offshore Wind Farms: Concerns of Ocean City, Maryland’s Tourism, and the Fishing Industry”

Will the Supreme Court’s Decision in the Case of the Dusky Gopher Frog Forecast the Twilight of the Endangered Species Act?

*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?”

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?”