Category Archives: Student Blog

The U.S. Constitution’s Reach Abroad

By: Jeanelle Gomez, 2L Whether the Constitution applies abroad continues to be left unclear. And in recent years, globalization has dramatically shifted the traditional notions surrounding territorial borders. Ideas and individuals now cross borders with ease like never before. Nations increasingly act beyond its borders affecting citizens and non-citizens abroad. While this discussion was traditionally […]

The American and Canadian Responses to COVID-19

By: Abigail Plouff, 2L In December, 2019, reports emerged that a highly contagious coronavirus called COVID-19 originated in Wuhan, China.  The virus spread worldwide, as the World Health Organization classified it as a pandemic on March 11, 2020.  On April 1, 2020, there were approximately 884,075 recorded cases of COVID-19 globally. Canada and the United […]

COVID-19 and International Travel: Why Closing the U.S. Canadian Border may not have been the Right Decision

By: Justin Weatherwax, 2L The recent decision to limit travel between the United States and Canada in response to COVID-19 is an unusual precaution that is made all the more remarkable by the lack of expert support. The 5,525 mile border between the United States and Canada was largely settled on June 15, 1846, when […]

Supreme Court Holds That Border Patrol Agent Who Killed a Mexican Teen Faces No Legal Consequences

By: Gabriela Fall, 2L On June 7, 2010, 15-year-old Mexican national Sergio Adrián Hernández Güereca was fatally shot by Jesus Mesa Jr., a U.S. Border Patrol agent in a concrete culvert separating El Paso, Texas, from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. According to court documents, Hernández and his friends were playing a game where they would cross […]