Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 3 of 3
Full-Text Articles in Entire DC Network
Privacy, Mass Intrusion And The Modern Data Breach, Jon L. Mills, Kelsey Harclerode
Privacy, Mass Intrusion And The Modern Data Breach, Jon L. Mills, Kelsey Harclerode
Florida Law Review
Massive data breaches have practically become a daily occurrence. These breaches reveal intrusive private information about individuals, as well as priceless corporate secrets. Ashley Madison’s breach ruined lives and resulted in suicides. The HSBC breach, accomplished by one of their own, revealed valuable commercial information about the bank and personal information about HSBC customers. The employee responsible for the breach has since been convicted of aggravated personal espionage, while third-party news outlets have been free to republish the hacked information.
Some information disclosed in data breaches can serve a public purpose. The Snowden disclosures, for example, revealed sensitive government information …
Contextualizing The Free Exercise Of Religion, Adam Lamparello
Contextualizing The Free Exercise Of Religion, Adam Lamparello
Florida Law Review
The level of protection afforded to an individual’s First Amendment right to freely exercise religion should depend upon the context within which it is exercised. Put differently, an individual’s right to religious liberty should be balanced against other individuals’ right to equal protection of the law, and the broader societal interest in protecting individuals from invidious discrimination. This Article proposes a multifactor test that fully protects the right to freely exercise one’s religion while simultaneously safeguarding equal protection and antidiscrimination guarantees. Specifically, the level of protection afforded to a free exercise claim should depend, among other things, on whether it …
Undignified: The Supreme Court, Racial Justice, And Dignity Claims, Darren Lenard Hutchinson
Undignified: The Supreme Court, Racial Justice, And Dignity Claims, Darren Lenard Hutchinson
Florida Law Review
The Supreme Court has interpreted the Equal Protection Clause as a formal equality mandate. In response, legal scholars have advocated alternative conceptions of equality, such as antisubordination theory, that interpret equal protection in more substantive terms. Antisubordination theory would consider the social context in which race-based policies emerge and recognize material distinctions between policies intended to oppress racial minorities and those designed to ameliorate past and current racism. Antisubordination theory would also closely scrutinize facially neutral state action that systemically disadvantages vulnerable social groups. The Court has largely ignored these reform proposals. Modern Supreme Court rulings, however, have invoked the …