Suffolk Transnational Law Review

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• ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - LIMITING AGENCY DISCRETION ON DECISIONS SUBSTANTIALLY AFFECTING INDIVIDUALS' RIGHTS VIA THE ARBITRARY AND CAPRICIOUS STANDARD - ALZOKARI V. POMPEO.
• CONSTITUTIONAL LAW - ELEVENTH CIRCUIT APPELLATE COURT RESTRICTS CONGRESS' COMMERCE CLAUSE POWERS OVER ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ON FOREIGN WATERS - UNITED STATES V. DAVILA-MENDOZA.
• CRIMINAL LAW - TERRORISM AND TWITTER: THE APPLICATION OF TERRORISM SENTENCING ENHANCEMENTS TO THE CREATION OF SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS - UNITED STATES V. AMER SINAN ALHAGGAGI.
• CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - FIRST CIRCUIT INTERPRETATION OF BILATERAL INTERSTATE EXTRADITION TREATY PROTECTS MAN FROM HARROWING STATE INFLICTED TORTURE - AGUASVIVAS V. POMPEO.
• IMMIGRATION LAW - PATIENTS OR PRISONERS? COURT CLARIFIES STANDARD FOR EVALUATING MENTAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDED TO UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN - DOE V. SHENANDOAH VALLEY JUVENILE CTR. COMM'N.
• IMMIGRATION LAW - TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS: DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY TO APPLY FOR LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS - VELASQUEZ V. BARR.
• CONTACT TRACING APPS: AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE A PIECE OF THE (DATA) PIE.
• THE VENEZUELAN HUMANITARIAN CRISIS AND THE INTERNATIONAL 'RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT': A COMPARISON OF LIBYA AND VENEZUELA.
• WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES? AS THE UNITED STATES LOOKS TO ROLLBACK ON ABORTION POLICIES, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS IN GUATEMALA AND ACROSS THE GLOBE?
• WHEN THERE'S A WHALE THERE'S A WAY: AN ANALYSIS OF JAPAN'S DECISION TO WITHDRAW FROM THE INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION AND THE POTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS FOR WHALE POPULATIONS AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.

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