St. Thomas Law Review
Executive OrderFeaturedReal Estate Law
February 20, 2026By Martha Leonard
When President Trump said he wanted to ban institutional investors from buying single-family homes, it sounded, to many Americans, like a dream come true.[i] After years of watching Wall Street contribute to rising prices in the housing market, the idea that the White House can “ban” Wall Street from buying homes feels like a long-awaited […]
Executive OrderFeaturedInternational Law
February 18, 2026By Sofia Ramirez
For nearly 25 years, Venezuela has been controlled by “Chavismo,” a socialist movement first established by Hugo Chávez in 1999 and continued by his successor, Nicolás Maduro (“Maduro”). Under their governance, Venezuela’s oil-dependent economy collapsed, with its Gross Domestic Product (“GDP”) shrinking by roughly three-quarters between 2014 and 2021[i] and poverty surging amid shortages of food, […]
Executive OrderFeaturedFederal Law
September 29, 2025By Kharla Salazar
Public media was in the spotlight this summer when an Executive Order prompted the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (“CPB”) Board of Directors to terminate federal funding for the Public Broadcasting Service (“PBS”) and National Public Radio (“NPR”), outlets recognized nationwide for providing news and other programming to millions of individuals across the country. These efforts […]
Executive OrderFeaturedFederal Law
March 7, 2025By Leyda Mujica
Online websites such as Shein, Temu, Aliexpress, and TikTok Shop provide cheap prices for a wide range of items, making their marketplaces irresistible to many consumers. “China has [already] been ‘the world’s factory’ for decades, with made-in-China goods reaching global consumers” through platforms such as Amazon and Alibaba.[i] China expanded its manufacturing production while simultaneously […]
