Category: Notes

INTRODUCTION As the Supreme Court stated in the 2020 case Barr v. American Association of Political Consultants, “Americans passionately disagree about many things. But they are largely united in their disdain for robocalls.”[1] Americans are similarly united in their disdain for spam emails.[2] However, Congress’s regulation of spam emails through the Controlling the Assault of…

Introduction Charming leader, credible scientist, media darling, political icon—each of these terms could be used to describe Wang Fengyou, chief executive officer and chairman of the Yilishen Tianxi Group, which was founded in 1999.[1] Wang Fengyou and his managers advertised an inconceivable investment opportunity for impoverished farmers throughout China.[2] For the meager price of 10,000…

Introduction The United States has a serious affordable housing problem,[1] and by nearly every measure the problem is worsening.[2] Across the country, counties and municipalities have been unable to meaningfully address the widening gap between housing prices and earned wages.[3] A meager thirty-seven affordable and available rental homes exist for every 100 extremely low-income households.[4]…

ABSTRACT MDMA and psilocybin are drugs that exhibit almost never-before-seen relief—including complete remission—from debilitating mental health disorders including Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Treatment-resistant depression. Doctors, however, are unable to legally prescribe them outside of tightly-controlled research trial settings because of the drugs’ categorization under Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA)—the Act’s…

Introduction: The Human Cost of Vacancy “Behind every vacant property there is a story,”[1] and that story represents a wickedly complex narrative. Consider the story of 900 N. Payson, a historic and tragic rowhouse located in Baltimore, Maryland.[2] This once-beautiful property was one of seventeen two-story rowhouses constructed on its street in West Baltimore in…

Introduction More than 4.5 billion people use the internet, and 3.8 billion of these users live comfortably on social media.[1] Social media’s quick, cost-effective flow of information and unlimited reach are ideal for individuals looking to, for example, reconnect with a childhood best friend with whom they have lost touch or instantaneously share opinions and…

Introduction Our antitrust laws are a product of their time. Beginning in the 1870s, fundamental changes in transportation, communications, population growth, production technology, business organization, and finance culminated in rapid economic growth.[1] As the United States industrialized, it entered the “Gilded Age,”[2] characterized by rapid social upheaval and technological advancement. Between 1870 and 1890, the…

Introduction Though there is no overt subscription fee for using “free” online platforms like Facebook, it is well established there is a hidden, continuous cost: the exchange of personally identifiable information (PII) for platform use.[1] Platforms that collect PII—the best known of which include Google and Facebook—make much of their revenue by selling digital advertisements…

Introduction In October of 1868,[1] Benjamin F. Randolph, a Black state senator in South Carolina, was shot dead by three white men as he was stepping off the train.[2] Though the assassination occurred in broad daylight with multiple witnesses, no one ever faced charges for the murder. D. Wyatt Aiken, a former Confederate colonel, was…