Short Circuit Podcast

A Seventh Circuit extravaganza featuring Tacy Flint, Will Baude, and Jim Pfander. The episode was recorded before a live student audience at the University of […]

After the Civil War, what many Americans needed most was protection from violence. That’s what the Equal Protection Clause was meant to guarantee, but today […]

Police theft, forfeiture pleading standards, and fetal tissue transfers. Use iTunes? https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Use Android (RSS)? http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:84493247/sounds.rss Newsletter: http://ij.org/about-us/shortcircuit/ Want to email us? [email protected] Police theft: […]

In 1873, the Supreme Court said that the Privileges or Immunities Clause protects a right to “use the navigable waters of the United States”—and not […]

Facebooking jurors, an unpopular church, a very bad cop, and a tire-tapping trespass. Use iTunes? https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Use Android (RSS)? http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:84493247/sounds.rss Newsletter: http://ij.org/about-us/shortcircuit/ Want to email […]

The Privileges or Immunities Clause was meant to be one of the key liberty-protecting provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Clause says: “No state shall […]

No Fly List games and no sovereign immunity over Flint’s water crisis or Ferguson’s fines and fees. Use iTunes? https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Use Android (RSS)? http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:84493247/sounds.rss Newsletter: […]

Flight risks, using police databases for personal reasons, and a sentencing brouhaha. Use iTunes? https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Use Android (RSS)? http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:84493247/sounds.rss Newsletter: http://ij.org/about-us/shortcircuit/ Want to email us? […]

At the close of the Civil War, some 4 million slaves became free. But almost immediately after hostilities ceased, leaders in the ex-Confederate states began […]

Ep. 1: Before the Fourteenth: John Rock and the Birth of Birthright Citizenship by Institute for Justice

The defense of hearth and home, peonage, a gag order about hog farms, and dueling dinosaurs. Use iTunes? https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Use Android (RSS)? http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:84493247/sounds.rss Newsletter: http://ij.org/about-us/shortcircuit/ […]

A Fifth Circuit extravaganza featuring Jane Webre, Kyle Hawkins, Steve Vladeck, and Evan Young. The episode was recorded before a LIVE student audience at the […]

Sciencing the heck out of Auer deference, cruel and unusual punishment of the homeless, and Pride Festival picketing. Use iTunes? https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Use Android (RSS)? http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:84493247/sounds.rss […]

This week, we traveled to Chapel Hill to record a special live edition at the UNC school of law at the invitation of the UNC […]

Ignorance of the law, immigration deference, war deference, and Honey Badger copyrighting. Texas admin appeal: http://www.search.txcourts.gov/SearchMedia.aspx?MediaVersionID=94188990-8353-45e1-9475-1433233a37e3&coa=cossup&DT=BRIEFS&MediaID=722c1e4d-e466-45f9-b217-ae16f263008f Immigration: http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/17/17-60460-CV0.pdf Gitmo detainee habeas: https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/0/27A95EB827865F50852582E2004EDEFF/$file/17-5067-1744312.pdf Honey Badger: http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2018/07/30/16-56715.pdf

Amtrak’s self-serving regulations, the FHFA’s unconstitutional structure, and Auer deference. Use iTunes? https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Use Android (RSS)? http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:84493247/sounds.rss Newsletter: http://ij.org/about-us/shortcircuit/ Want to email us? [email protected] Amtrak: […]

No suing TSA screeners, state protections against unreasonable searches, and FERC’s incentive to approve pipelines. Use iTunes? https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Use Android (RSS)? http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:84493247/sounds.rss Newsletter: http://ij.org/about-us/shortcircuit/ Want […]

With special guest Arthur Spitzer of the ACLU of DC: Detaining an American citizen abroad, jury trials for petty crimes, and banning displays of the […]

LabMD and the FTC’s cybersecurity crackdowns, LabMD and qualified immunity, and a virulently racist lawyer. Use iTunes? https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Use Android (RSS)? http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:84493247/sounds.rss Newsletter: http://ij.org/about-us/shortcircuit/ Want […]

Offensively Big Pimpin’, age limits for judges, beach access/inverse condemnation, and Virginia motorist fines. Use iTunes? https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Use Android (RSS)? http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:84493247/sounds.rss Newsletter: http://ij.org/about-us/shortcircuit/ Want to […]

Eminent domain for private gain, searching phones at the border, and illegal structuring. Use iTunes? https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Use Android (RSS)? http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:84493247/sounds.rss Newsletter: http://ij.org/about-us/shortcircuit/ Want to email […]

The monkey selfie, the Pharma Bro, eternal damnation & the minimum wage, and a murder confession from a drunk arrestee. Use iTunes? https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Use Android […]

The checkmate doctrine, right to pre-indictment counsel, and Uber antitrust. With special guest William C. Marra of Cooper & Kirk. Use iTunes? https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Use Android […]

This week on the podcast: D.C. Circuit extravaganza featuring special guests Professor Aaron Nielson, wanted “Anti-Administrativist” and Sage of the C.A.D.C.; and Cate Stetson, Hogan […]

A trio of property rights cases: group homes for the disabled, a 20-year permitting process to build two houses, and graveyard access. Use iTunes? https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 […]

Anonymous political speech, a post-SWAT raid building inspection, and license plate scanners. Use iTunes? https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Use Android (RSS)? http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:84493247/sounds.rss Newsletter: http://ij.org/about-us/shortcircuit/ Want to email us? […]

Non-neutral forensics in DUI cases, felon re-enfranchisement, and the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s single director model. Use iTunes? https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Use Android (RSS)? […]

A seven-year jail stint awaiting trial, out-of-state voting, and the ban on out-of-state gun sales. Use iTunes? https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Use Android (RSS)? http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:84493247/sounds.rss Newsletter: http://ij.org/about-us/shortcircuit/ Want […]

Wasteful requirements for hair braiders, restrictions on free newspapers, and the ban on gun ownership for domestic violence misdemeanants. Use iTunes? https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Use Android (RSS)? […]

School uniforms, wedding venue permits, and a police shooting. Use iTunes? https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Use Android (RSS)? http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:84493247/sounds.rss Newsletter: http://ij.org/about-us/shortcircuit/ Want to email us? [email protected] Tomorrow’s leaders: […]