Category Archives: Questions Rarely Asked

“On Constitutional Disobedience”

Posted on February 8, 2015 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

That is the title of this thought-provoking book by Louis Michael Seidman, a professor of constitutional law at Georgetown University. In summary, Professor Seidman’s thesis is that the Constitution of 1787 is not binding on us. While a strong case can … Continue reading →

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Alternate solar systems

Posted on February 4, 2015 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Is this art or science? Check out this cool Russian Space Agency video of what the sky would look like if the Sun were replaced by some other stars. It starts off with the binary star system of Alpha Centuri and … Continue reading →

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Prediction theory of law (#Celebgate edition)

Posted on February 2, 2015 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Is Apple liable in tort for last fall’s hack of celebrity iCloud accounts? What about Google? Check out this in-depth essay by Issie Lapowsky, published in Wired Magazine last September, addressing some of these questions. According to one source cited in Lapowsky’s report — … Continue reading →

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A constitutional contradiction?

Posted on February 2, 2015 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Check out this disturbing essay by Daniel Lazare comparing people’s reverence for the U.S. Constitution to our reverence for holy texts. He also identifies a fundamental contradiction in our Constitution to boot: Sealed in moisture-controlled, bullet-proof glass containers that are … Continue reading →

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From Pakistan to the Kamchatka Peninsula

Posted on January 11, 2015 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Alternate title: “The longest straight line you can sail.” Props to Ambamja for the pointer.

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Nous somme Charlie Hebdo

Posted on January 7, 2015 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Nous ne sommes pas encore libres?

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Hitler’s judges and the war on drugs

Posted on January 4, 2015 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

We finally saw the film Judgment at Nuremberg for the first time last night at the annual meeting of the American Association of Law Schools (AALS) in Washington DC. This film depicts the trial of four Nazi judges accused of … Continue reading →

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How many time zones are in our galaxy?

Posted on January 3, 2015 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

“Oh, man.” (Props to kottke for the pointer.)

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Should you take this bet?

Posted on January 2, 2015 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Imagine you and 99 other people are randomly assigned a number between 1 and 100. Imagine too that there is a room containing 100 boxes, that each box has also been randomly assigned a number between 1 and 100, and that … Continue reading →

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“Google’s Philosopher”

Posted on January 1, 2015 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

That is the title of this intriguing essay by Robert Herritt in the Pacific Standard — our favorite e-mag, by the way — summarizing the “philosophy of information” as well as the original work of Luciano Floridi, an Oxford philosopher who is inventing “entirely new ways … Continue reading →

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