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ICE Detainers – Constitutional or Not?

BECKY ESQUENAZI—U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issues thousands of detainers per year. An immigration detainer, also referred to as an ICE hold, is a written notice from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that informs local law enforcement agencies that DHS intends to assume custody of an alien after their release. By issuing an […]

Big Pharma Judgment Day: A Development of Legal Disputes that Address the Opioid Crisis

CAMERON CHUBACK—For the last two decades, the United States has faced a devastating opioid crisis. More than 130 people die every day of opioid overdoses, and approximately 400,000 deaths in total have occurred since the crisis’s inception, 47,000 of which came in 2017 alone. Moreover, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported that […]

UMLR Proudly Presents its Candidate Class for Volume 74

The University of Miami Law Review is thrilled to welcome the newest candidates to the UMLR family and network. Congratulations to the following candidates! We look forward to working with you! Phillip Arencibia Kelly K Beck George D Bell Katherine G Black Cameron Chuback* Anna Elisabeth Dellapa Gabrielle E Engel Jose Espinosa* Becky Esquenazi Rosana Fernandez* Brittany […]

Gaming The Capital Punishment System—Bucklew v. Precythe

STEPHANIE ROBIN—On April 1, 2019, the Supreme Court, in a 5–4 decision, ruled against a Missouri death row inmate who claimed that due to a rare disease, the lethal injection would cause him “severe pain and suffering.” Embed from Getty Images In Bucklew v. Precythe, Russell Bucklew, a convicted murderer sentenced to death, claimed that […]

Should the United States Gamble and Repeal the Wire Act?

CRISTOPHER GALIS—On April 8, 2019, Texas Tech played Virginia in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Final, bringing March Madness to an end. Throughout March Madness approximately forty-seven million American’s wagered somewhere near eight and a half billion dollars on March Madness. This is the first year that some of that money could legally be bet outside […]