Lincoln v. Pierce: Laws Higher than the Constitution

Franklin Pierce: the 14th President of the United States. I bet that’s all you know about him…if that. In case you didn’t know, Franklin Pierce is New Hampshire’s only President…he has a few things named after him here and there (my law school used to be for instance), and he has this nice statue (above) … Continue reading →

Facts Are Stubborn Things…

“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence” -John Adams, November 27, 1770. In 1770, six years before the Declaration of Independence, no one had ever heard the term, the United States of America. Yet in … Continue reading →

Case History: The Border War Toll: Part I

This post is the first part in a series, describing a case of unfortunate judicial prejudice, corruption of society, and an analogy to a modern day struggle. Background: August 18, 1976, three Mexicans, Manuel Garcia Loya, Bernabe Herrera, and Eleazar Ruelas Zavala, band together to creep past the U.S. border into a small, one-tumbleweed town, … Continue reading →