Spring 2021 Nominated and Published Authors
Congratulations to our nominated & published authors Spring 2021The journal would like to congratulate all of our Staff Editors for working so hard this semester. Everyone did an incredible job writing their articles and we were so impressed by the quality of...
Facial Recognition as a Policing Tool by Law Enforcement: Balancing Between Personal Privacy and Public Security Interest
By Shuyu Zhong About the Author Shuyu Zhong is a 2021 candidate for Juris Doctor from SMU Dedman School of Law.
Does Artificial Intelligence Require an Artificial Constitution?
By Conor White. Conor White is a 2021 candidate for Juris Doctorate at SMU-Dedman School of Law. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration from Southern Methodist University in 2018.
Is a Single Click of a URL Enough for a Search Warrant?: A Look at the Expansion of Probable Cause in Child Pornography Investigations
By Sydney Hope Recommended CitationSydney Hope, Is a Single Click of a URL Enough for a Search Warrant?: A Look at the Expansion of Probable Cause in Child Pornography Investigations, SMU Sci. & Tech. L. Rev. Blog (2020),...
Fifth Circuit Caught in the Crossfire: Dodging Issues of Weaponry 3D Printing
By Katherine Frisbie Recommended CitationKatherine Frisbie, Fifth Circuit Caught in the Crossfire: Dodging Issues of Weaponry 3D Printing, SMU Sci. & Tech. L. Rev. Blog (2020),...
Three Thoughts on Privacy in the Coming Era of Brain-Computer Interface
By Justin Koplow What do Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and a horde of zombies have in common? They are all coming for your braaains. Communicating thoughts to manipulate devices is moving from the realm of science-fiction toward reality thanks to ongoing development of...
Streaming into the Twenty-First Century: An Evaluation of the Music Modernization Act
By Bronte Story This comment provides an in-depth evaluation of the Music Modernization Act (“MMA” or “Act”). The MMA passed unanimously in the House and Senate and was signed into law in October of 2018. The overall purpose of the Act is to upgrade U.S. copyright law...
Unfollowed: Examining the Property Rights of Social Media Influence in Divorce Proceedings
By Hamilton Leiser This Comment addresses the issue of valuing social media influence and then examines methods of dividing the value of social media influence in divorce proceedings. As social media expands throughout society, many individuals have turned their...
Where Have All the Emails Gone: A Journalist’s Fight to Expose Use of Patriot Act Tools on US Citizens
By Claire Cahoon Jason Leopold, a journalist ominously known to government officials as the “FOIA Terrorist,” is more familiar than most with rejection from the United States government. A 2018 Pulitzer finalist and industry-celebrated expert on the Freedom of...
GDPR and the “Right to be Forgotten”- Can Someone Truly Be Forgotten in Our Current Tech World?
By Katherine Whitlock The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a new European Union (EU) law that regulates data protection and privacy laws. The law regulates any company that collects or monitors personal information from EU citizens. Although this is an EU...