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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
By: Rafael Paz, 2L It was the best of trade blocs, it was the worst of trade blocs. It was the age of free trade, it was the age of protectionism. Some trade blocs get a deal with the EU, some . . . don’t. Mercosur, the South American customs union comprised of Brazil, Argentina, […]
