Category Archives: Student Blog

Why Status Plebiscites Mean Nothing Without Congressional Action and the Uncertain Future of Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act of 2020

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 […]

Canadian Border Closures Highlight the Need for the United States to Address the Insulin Crisis Domestically

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 […]

A Pattern of Downplaying COVID-19: A Closer Look into how the Trump Administration and the Bolsonaro Administration have handled COVID-19

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 […]

CFPB Policy Change Leaves Americans Vulnerable to Predatory Payday Lenders

By: Danielle A Greenberg, 2L If COVID is an invisible enemy, it has successfully held the U.S. under siege for several months. And with resources running low, both the Legislature and the Trump Administration have decided to follow the example set by Vercengetorix, expelling their most vulnerable citizens into a no-man’s-land of debt and financial […]