By: Andres Chinchilla, 2L On September 23, 2020,  the Trump Administration imposed new sanctions against the Cuban government. These sanctions restrict U.S. travelers from, among other things, importing Cuban cigars or staying in government-owned hotels. This new policy follows recent restrictions by the Trump Administration targeting U.S. travel to Cuba. Such travel restrictions include the […]

By: Alejandro Anselmi Gonzalez, 2L The United States has been in possession of Puerto Rico since 1898. Since then, Congress, under authority conferred by the Territory Clause, has passed multiple laws incorporating Puerto Rico into the American constitutional framework. For instance, the Foraker Act of 1900 established a civilian government in Puerto Rico; the Jones-Shafroth […]

By: Samantha Johnson, 2L Since the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, analysts and researchers have keenly observed the effects that COVID-19 has had on factors outside of the obvious health repercussions. For months, it has been a daily rundown on new and different ways that COVID-19 is impacting peoples everyday lives. However, a minor […]

By: Jillian Blumenthal, 2L A year ago, almost no one could have imagined the changes that the COVID-19 pandemic brought to societies across the globe. Words such as quarantine and social distancing began to dominate our vocabulary. Countries around the world have taken different approaches in an attempt to combat COVID-19. Some of the approaches […]