By: Mia Baranovsky, 2L After more than two hundred years of solely male leaders, Mexico’s first female and Jewish president, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, was sworn into office on October 1, 2024. Born on June 24, 1962, in Mexico City, Sheinbaum has dedicated her life to engaging in both scientific and political pursuits, inspired by her […]
By: Morgan Hirsch On September 15, Mexico became the first country to allow voters to elect judges at all levels, including its Supreme Court, marking a dramatic shift in its judicial appointment process. Traditionally, the Senate affirmed Mexico’s Supreme Court judges based on a shortlist submitted by the president. This new reform, passed by a […]
Photo Credit: Go Nakamura / Reuters By: Alexis Phelps, 2L On July 24, 2023, the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Texas and its governor, Greg Abbott, for placing a floating buoy barrier across the Rio Grande to deter illegal crossings. The lawsuit alleges Texas and Abbott violated federal law in installing this barrier, citing the […]
Photo Credit: Erik Gay/Associated Press By: Ariana Kravetz, 2L The United States reached a proposed settlement agreement on October 16, 2023, in the case of Ms. L., et al. v. ICE, et al. This lawsuit, filed in 2018 on behalf of a Congolese mother who was separated from her seven-year-old daughter at the U.S.-Mexico border, grew to become […]
