Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

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 →

We interrupt our series of posts on the Little Rock Crisis of 1957 to share this fascinating thought-experiment. (Hat tip: kottke.)

Like the Duncan case in our previous post, the case of Jackson v. Kuhn presented a direct challenge to the legality of President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s fateful decision to send the “Screaming Eagles” of the 101st Airborne Division into Little Rock. But … Continue reading →

Duncan v. Kirby was a state court case decided in March of 1958 arising out of the 1957 Little Rock Crisis. The moving party in this case, one Vernon Duncan, a pro-segregation protestor, was arrested in front of Central High … Continue reading →

We have been reviewing the federal statutes that President Dwight D. Eisenhower invoked when he sent federal troops into Little Rock, Arkansas in the fall of 1957. I now want to switch gears, so to speak, to discuss three obscure cases … Continue reading →