Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

This is post #5 of a multi-part series. In Part 3 of his paper “How to regulate … social media”, Yale Professor Balkin finally gets around to defining what he means by a “healthy” and “vibrant” digital public sphere. (In … Continue reading →

Note: this is post #4 of a multi-part series. Part 2 of Professor Balkin’s “How to regulate … social media” paper — the second-longest part of the paper — contains the core of Balkin’s pro-regulation argument. First off, Professor Balkin … Continue reading →

Note: this is post #3 of a multi-part series. The most technical part of Jack Balkin’s latest work, which is titled “How to regulate (and not regulate) social media”, is Part 1 of the paper, where Professor Balkin identifies three … Continue reading →

Note: this is the second post in a multi-part series. In the Introduction to his paper “How to regulate … social media” (see my previous post), my colleague and friend Jack Balkin invites us to ponder the following question, Why … Continue reading →

Jack M. Balkin, a liberal law professor at Yale, recently wrote an essay titled “How to regulate (and not regulate) social media.” (The full essay is available here, via the Journal of Free Speech Law.) Suffice it to say (for … Continue reading →

Here is a link to the above Tweet; check out the full thread for various proposed solutions.

Check out this homage to the late great puzzle master Martin Gardner. Here is one of his mathematical puzzles: “Imagine heating a metal ring enough so it expands. What happens to the hole, does it get bigger or smaller?”

SLoG stands for State & Local Government Law Blog, and this new legal blog is available for your edification here. You’re welcome! (Hat tip: Brian Leiter.)

Once again, I am assigning the award-winning film “The Social Network,” along with episode 4 of “Tiger King,” in my business law survey course. (For your reference, see my Fall 2021 Syllabus, the first four pages of which are pictured … Continue reading →