Disorderly and Disruptive: Corporal Punishment Laws and the Abuse of Students with Disabilities

Volume 71 – Bulletin Drew Waters† I. Introduction On June 6, 2025, Judge Claudia Wilken approved a settlement proposal for the House v. NCAA case in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.1 Notable for its sweeping reforms in the way college athletics are currently governed, the settlement also contains provisions designed…

Volume 71 – Bulletin Dino Frank Bucci III † I. Introduction In February 1776, during the lead up to the American Revolutionary War, Continental Congressman Christopher Gadsden first presented a yellow-background flag, featuring a coiled snake—a nod to Benjamin Franklin’s “Join, or Die” cartoon—and the words “Don’t Tread on Me,” to the Provincial Congress of…