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    A Constitutional Time Bomb: Exploring the Future of Humphrey’s Executor

    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 […]

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    Viewers Like You: The Impact of Defunding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting

    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 […]

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    Made-in-China? Not Anymore: The Tariff Crackdown on China’s De Minimis Loophole

    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 […]

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    Born In The USA (For Now?): Can President Trump End Birthright Citizenship for Children of Undocumented Immigrants?

    February 17, 2025By Jordan Basit

      The first sentence of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution states: “[a]ll persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”[i]  Birthright citizenship has been a cornerstone of American identity ever since the Fourteenth Amendment was […]

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