Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Originally posted on prior probability:
Via Channel NewsAsia: “China’s highest paid movie star Fan Bingbing … has not been seen in public since July …. The 36-year-old actress has been a household name in China for years and tasted Hollywood…

Check out this blog devoted to control panels. (Hat tip: kottke.)

The phrase ipse dixit is Latin for “he said it himself” and refers to an assertion without proof or a dogmatic expression of mere opinion. (Here is the Wikipedia entry for ipse dixit.) This phrase now also refers to a … Continue reading →

Reddit has an entire thread devoted to “desire paths,” like the one pictured below. (hat tip: @pickover)

What if national borders were redrawn along latitude and longitude lines?

A large group of my law professor colleagues (now over 2,400 of them!!!) have signed an “Open Letter” addressed to the U.S. Senate stating their opposition to Judge Brett Kavanaugh (BK). The crux of their sanctimonious argument is that BK lacks … Continue reading →

Or: Why are Article III judges above the law? According to Stacy N. Cammarano (via the Washington Post): “Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits workplace discrimination on the basis of sex, but it does not apply … Continue reading →

In our previous post, we summarized the main constitutional arguments challenging the legality of Executive Order 10730, the historic decree by which President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent the 101st Airborne Division into Little Rock, Arkansas to restore order in the … Continue reading →

We now return to our analysis of President Eisenhower’s fateful decision to use military force to desegregate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in the fall of 1957. One of the best constitutional arguments against the legality of Executive … Continue reading →

We love used bookstores. During our visit to Little Rock, Arkansas this week we patronized “The Bookstore at Library Square.” One of the books we purchased there was published in 1989 and contained the following notice (pictured below) on a … Continue reading →