TAMAR EZER & DAVID STUZIN The coronavirus has surfaced inequalities in our society, where poor and marginalized communities are particularly vulnerable to infection and denial of care. In this context, the criminalization of poverty and marginalization can be deadly. In the Fall of 2019, the Human Rights Clinic at the University of Miami (“UM”) School of […]
MADISON HAUSER—The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) yet again appears before the United States Supreme Court. In California v. Texas, Texas and several other states (“the plaintiff states”), and individual plaintiffs, allege that the ACA violates the Constitution. This case frightens many. Should the Court hold the ACA unconstitutional, the decision would upend […]
KELLY MALLOY—On December 27, 2020, the Trademark Modernization Act (“TMA”) was signed into law as part of a bipartisan COVID-19 relief package. Amending the administrative procedure and law surrounding trademarks, the TMA provides for third-party submission of evidence relating to applications, establishes expungement and ex-parte proceedings relating to the validity of marks, and, importantly, reinstates […]
AMANDA LOPEZ-CARDET—On November 25, 2020, the United States Supreme Court decided Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo. It marks the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic that the Court has granted an application for injunctive relief by a house of worship, invoking the First Amendment Free Exercise Clause against executive orders […]
ANA IONESCU—President Joe Biden vowed to achieve a permanent Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program on his first day in office. In the wake of the Trump administration’s vigorous efforts to rescind DACA, the controversial immigration relief program stands on shaky ground, making it imperative to analyze the way in which it can attain […]
