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 […]
Administrative LawFeaturedFederal Trade CommissionSupreme Court
October 14, 2025By Maxwell Gregg
On September 22, 2025, The United States Supreme Court officially took up the question of whether to overturn its 1935 decision in Humphreys Executor v. United States.[i] If overturned, Humphreys Executor will mark another precedential casualty of the Roberts Court.[ii] To legal scholars, professors, and those that closely follow the Supreme Court, this upcoming showdown […]
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 […]
