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    Classifying Sex Under Title IX: Athletics and the Limits of Statutory Text

    March 5, 2026By Emilio De Armas

    The Supreme Court’s recent consideration of state laws governing participation in girls’ school sports has surfaced a familiar but unresolved problem in federal antidiscrimination law. Although these disputes have attracted significant social and political attention, the cases before the Court center on a narrower legal question. They ask how Title IX’s prohibition on discrimination on […]

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    Fully Autonomous and Fully Free from Criminal Culpability?: The Gaps of Florida Statute § 316.85

    September 22, 2025By Nathalie Tirado

    Technology continues to rapidly advance. As a result, vehicles with autonomous systems are more commonplace on Florida roadways. These autonomous vehicles (“AVs”) have systems that control everything: from steering, lane changing, to pedal control. In fact, soon, newer models will no longer require an individual to stay behind the wheel or keep attention on the […]

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    Statutory Interpretation or Gun Control? How a Supreme Court Decision May Change the Meaning of a “Machinegun”

    March 22, 2024By Stephanie Blanco

      Pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 5845(b), a machinegun is “any weapon which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger.”[i] The definition also includes the “frame or receiver of any such weapon, any part designed […]

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    Breaking Boundaries: Mandatory Repatriation Tax’s Bold Move in Redefining Income

    February 26, 2024By Samuel Bazylenko

        Taxation has been an ongoing storm of debate in the United States for centuries. Under the Sixteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, Congress holds an enumerated power to “lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States.”[i] This definition of income has been reinforced by the […]

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