Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

This beautiful map of the Florida-Georgia-Alabama line (hand-drawn by Reddit user lemastersg) has made me see my current hometown (Orlando, Fla. — Go Knights!) in a whole new geographical light!

This is our third and last post on the Wayfair case. In our previous post, we presented a “Coasean critique” of the majority’s rationale in South Dakota v. Wayfair. In brief our critique is: yes, tax loopholes are unfair to certain sectors, … Continue reading →

Note: this is the second of three blog posts on the Wayfair case. (Our last post will appear tomorrow.) In our previous post, we patiently restated the facts and identified the main legal and theoretical issues in South Dakota v. … Continue reading →

The U.S. Supreme Court recently decided, by a 5-4 margin, the case of South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. (You can read the court’s historic decision for yourself here.) Our analysis of Wayfair will proceed in three parts. First (part I) … Continue reading →

Although we don’t know what to make of her “democratic socialist” politics, we really, really love Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s beautiful bilingual campaign poster (pictured below). By the way, will the general election in her district be a good test of the … Continue reading →

We will be posting our analysis of South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., as well as our review of “Finding Law” by Stephen A. Sachs, in the next day or two. In the meantime, given our fascination with all things Bayesian … Continue reading →

Super Eagles on fleek! Via CNBC, Ruth Umoh (@ruthumohnews) reports: “Prior to its official June 1 release date, Nike had already received 3 million pre-orders for the jersey [of the Nigerian National Team] …. That sets a new pre-order record for an … Continue reading →

This is such a beautiful goal, and the Spanish-speaking commentators are the best.

Note: this is our third and last post reviewing Larry Solum’s new paper “Surprising Originalism.” Thus far, we have assessed the strengths and weaknesses–both “the good” and “the bad”, so to speak–of Larry Solum’s defense of constitutional originalism. Today, however, … Continue reading →

Note: this is the second of a series of posts reviewing Larry Solum’s most recent paper “Surprising Originalism.” As we mentioned in our previous post, we admire Larry Solum’s Lakatonian spirit–his identification and explication of the most surprising features of … Continue reading →