March 18, 2016
Short Circuit 044 (3/18/16)
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No Trespassing signs, specialty license plates, and a malicious prosecution. 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] No […]
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Short Circuit 043 (3/4/16)
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Illegal bank deposits, an unseemly parole rescission, cuffing a quadriplegic to a hospital bed, and a fatal police raid. Use iTunes? https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Use Android (RSS)? […]
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Short Circuit 042 (2/26/16)
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Funny looks. False political statements. Fiddling while driving. And more! 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/ Weird look: http://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/Opinions/Published/144902.P.pdf False statements: http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/16a0048p-06.pdf […]
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Short Circuit 041 (2/11/16)
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Maryland’s assault-weapons ban, surveillance from a utility pole, and a fatal 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/ Assault-weapons ban: http://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/Opinions/Published/141945.P.pdf?mc_cid=26006ef34a&mc_eid=6e8e76319f […]
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Short Circuit 40 (2/5/16)
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IJ wins, California judicial candidates lose, and a habeas petitioner gets a second chance. 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/ Habeas: http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2016/01/27/11-17634.pdf?mc_cid=5e0235919f&mc_eid=6e8e76319f […]
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Short Circuit 039 (1/29/16)
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A fishy boat seizure, deadly health-care red tape, and a campaign-finance collision. 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/ Sailboat seizure: http://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/201412482.pdf VA […]
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Short Circuit 038 (1/15/16)
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Unlicensed practice of psychology, alcohol advertising, and free speech for student teachers. 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/ Psychology licensing: http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/14/14-51151-CV0.pdf Tied-house […]
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Short Circuit 037 (1/8/16)
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Tattooing in Margaritaville, dark money in California, prison guard negligence, and targeting Rosa Parks. 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/ Tattoo shop/First […]
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Short Circuit 036 (12/23/15)
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Ride-sharing in the sky, the taxman cometh for legal marijuana businesses, and child-protective services takes a medical-marijuana patient’s son. Use iTunes? https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Use Android (RSS)? […]
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Short Circuit 035 (12/18/15)
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Docs v Glocks III, cold Indiana beer, and a stop prolonged without reasonable suspicion. 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/ Docs v […]
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Short Circuit 034 (12/11/15)
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Drug doggie, suspicionless drug testing of college students, and adult advertisements. 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/ Drug dog: http://media.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/15/11/143213P.pdf Drug testing: […]
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Short Circuit 033 (12/4/15)
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Illegal incense, hydroelectric power, and your right to an attorney in a civil case. 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/ Incense: https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/opinions/14/14-5147.pdf […]
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Short Circuit 032 (11/20/15)
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Louisiana school choice, an anticompetitive grocer, and a reversed false-statement conviction. 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/ Louisiana school choice: http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/14/14-31010-CV0.pdf?mc_cid=9fd4215587&mc_eid=6e8e76319f Grocery […]
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Short Circuit 031 (11/13/15)
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Credit-card surcharges, forced sterilization, prosecutor misconduct, and the IRS’ tax-prep certification program 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/ Credit-card surcharges: http://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/201414426.pdf?mc_cid=853f0652bb&mc_eid=6e8e76319f Forced […]
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Short Circuit 030 (11/6/15)
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Abdication on NSA surveillance; engagement (this time around) on offensive speech; and an outrageous case of police misconduct. Use iTunes? https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Use Android (RSS)? http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:84493247/sounds.rss […]
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Short Circuit 029 (10/30/15)
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Connecticut and New York’s assault-weapons bans, mumbling in a high-crime area, and an appalling guilty plea. 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://www.ij.org/shortcircuit/ […]
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Short Circuit 028 (10/23/15)
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The NYPD’s not-so-secret surveillance of Muslim-Americans, a hold on the new Clean Water Rule, and specious reasoning in a civil forfeiture case. Use iTunes? https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 […]
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Short Circuit 027 (10/9/15)
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Goodyear discovery abuse, Posner on weeds, and a fishy fishing case. 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://www.ij.org/shortcircuit Goodyear: http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2015/07/20/12-17718.pdf?mc_cid=566b313e6c&mc_eid=c3e0671ade Constitutional weeds: http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/rssExec.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2015/D09-28/C:14-3678:J:Posner:aut:T:fnOp:N:1629733:S:0 […]
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Short Circuit 026 (10/2/15)
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Occupational speech, credit card fees, Seattle’s minimum wage, and a vexatious search. 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://www.ij.org/shortcircuit Kentucky speech: http://ij.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Memorandum-Opinion-Order-IJ072926xA6322.pdf Credit […]
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Short Circuit 025 (9/25/15)
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Knives, guns, and hunch-based searches that turn up guns. 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://www.ij.org/short-circuit Gravity knives: http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/93e5c2bd-9ffc-4d07-bcdc-638a09c8b1c5/2/doc/13-4840_opn.pdf#xml=http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/93e5c2bd-9ffc-4d07-bcdc-638a09c8b1c5/2/hilite/ Slouching in a high-crime […]
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Short Circuit 024 (9/18/15)
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An infamous criminal “gang”; a drunken bike ride with a painful ending; suicide by cop; and juvenile strip searches. Use iTunes? https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Use Android (RSS)? […]
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Short Circuit 023 (9/10/15)
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Warrantless cell phone tracking, baseless business harassment, and some winners go to jail. 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://www.ij.org/short-circuit Winner of drug-sniffing […]
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Short Circuit 022 (9/4/15)
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Conflict minerals, the FTC’s cybersecurity crackdown, and a reckless SWAT raid. 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://www.ij.org/short-circuit Conflict minerals: http://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/7677C9E435244EC985257EA50054F3D4/$file/13-5252-1568402.pdf FTC cybersecurity: […]
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Short Circuit 021 (8/28/15)
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A judge Googles outside of the record, legalized sports gambling in New Jersey goes boink, and prosecutorial misconduct at the DOJ. Use iTunes? https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Use […]
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Short Circuit 020 (8/21/15)
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The right to marry an inmate, free speech at the Iowa State Fair, police abuse in Chicago, and a sarcastic public defender winds up in […]
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Short Circuit 019 (8/14/15)
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Probable-cause-creating dogs, Docs vs. Glocks Part Deux, and a whole mess of engaged judging. 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://www.ij.org/short-circuit Drug dog: […]
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Short Circuit 018 (7/24/15)
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A teeth-whitening opinion that’s nothing to smile about, a pair of Fourth Amendment cases, and a corrupt former governor of Illinois. Use iTunes? https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Use […]
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Short Circuit 017 (7/17/15)
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Seizing a baby without a warrant, a doctrine most dormant, and the gun rights of U.S. citizens living abroad Use iTunes? https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Use Android (RSS)? […]
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Short Circuit 016 (7/10/15)
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Indefensible government litigation tactics; cruel and unusually hot prison cells; and a primer on the Fourth Amendment. Use iTunes? https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Use Android(RSS)? http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:84493247/sounds.rss Dept of […]
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Short Circuit 015 (7/4/15)
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Judicial engagement at the Supreme Court; a pair of Sixth Amendment cases from the federal circuits; and a huge victory for economic liberty in the […]
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