April 01, 2021

Short Circuit 168 | Suspicious Handshakes and Football Prayers

Can the police stop and frisk your person based on their “training and experience?” Not if that training and experience is simply that drug dealers […]

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March 26, 2021

Short Circuit 167 | Section 230 and a Drones Search

We get a little high-tech this week. Techdirt founder Mike Masnick joins us to explain how Section 230 actually works, and how it was somewhat […]

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March 18, 2021

Short Circuit 166 | To En Banc or Not to En Banc

The 10th Circuit just can’t make up its mind. You might say it doesn’t know a hawk from a handsaw. Listen to a tale from […]

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March 09, 2021

Short Circuit 165 | Orphaned Precedent

How much power does the CDC have during the pandemic? Surprisingly, that was not the issue before a district court considering the constitutionality of the […]

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March 03, 2021

Short Circuit 164 | Bad Cop Records and Suspicionless Searches

New York police disciplinary records were a black box, until the state changed the law. Then the union sued to keep the lid on—but lost. […]

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February 19, 2021

Short Circuit 163 | The Law of Johnny 5 Is Alive

For once living up to the 1980s-movie-sense of our name, we’re talking about robots. How should the law treat robots? What do we analogize to, […]

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February 12, 2021

Short Circuit 162 | I Will Get Credit When I Crush You

If you’re the State, what do you get when you put money owed to a prisoner in a special account, and then take most of […]

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February 04, 2021

Short Circuit 161 | A Honkload of Stateless Cocaine

A triad of important things in life are tweets, stateless vessels, and fonts. IJ attorneys Tatiana Pino and Patrick Jaicomo join your host Anthony Sanders […]

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January 29, 2021

Short Circuit 160 | The Dominion of Giuliani and Citizenship Receptions

Even though ex-President Trump is off of Twitter, his tweets are still abundant in federal legal filings. IJ Senior Attorney Jeff Rowes explains the First […]

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January 22, 2021

Short Circuit 159: The Sub-Rational Basis Test

When a judge asks you a question, it’s best to give an answer. We briefly discuss an oral argument that IJ Senior Attorney Rob Frommer […]

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January 14, 2021

Short Circuit 158 | Privileges or Immunities and Consent Decrees

The Fourteenth Amendment’s Privileges or Immunities Clause resurfaces in the Seventh Circuit, where the State of Indiana treated some newcomers differently from some long-time residents. […]

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January 07, 2021

Short Circuit 157 | State Constitutionalists Are the Veterinarians of Law

How do you put together a campaign of litigation under various state constitutions across the country? And how to you get state courts to take […]

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December 23, 2020

Short Circuit 156 | The Navigable Waters, Recording Cops, and People in Church

Is it time for the Supreme Court to spread some privileges or immunities cheer? Michael Bindas discusses a cert petition pending at SCOTUS on navigating […]

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December 10, 2020

Short Circuit 155 | Only 160 Felonies

The first two items in the Bill of Rights get top billing. Does a nine-year-old felony conviction for tax fraud justify continuing to deny someone […]

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November 30, 2020

Short Circuit 154 | Class action coupons and a building for Buddhists

Class action expert Ted Frank joins to discuss a Ninth Circuit case where the court didn’t think giving class members crummy coupons warranted almost $15 […]

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November 12, 2020

Short Circuit 153 | The Wire and Dairy Cows

Ever seen The Wire? Do you think those cops could have seriously used a team of drones taking photos of Stringer Bell for 12 hours […]

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October 29, 2020

Short Circuit 152: Election Law 2020 Special

What is with up with the torrent of election law cases coming out these days? IJ’s Diana Simpson and Anthony Sanders are here to give […]

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October 22, 2020

Short Circuit 151 | Lifetime Leases and Butterflies on Walls

We don’t recommend converting apartments into condos in San Francisco. But if you do, it might be hard to bring a takings claim, as we […]

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October 08, 2020

Short Circuit 150 | Vacation rentals, COVID orders, and Electoral College studies

On October 16, 2020 the Center for Judicial Engagement is hosting a special online event, our forum on judicial engagement and the Pennsylvania Constitution. Register […]

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October 02, 2020

Short Circuit 149 | Supreme Court Preview for Tar Heels

For the fourth year in a row, the Institute for Justice has teamed up with the University of North Carolina Federalist Society Chapter to preview […]

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September 17, 2020

Short Circuit 148 | Are Apartments a Nuisance? Private Property and the Rise of Zoning

In a special Short Circuit, Harvard Law Professor Molly Brady joins us to talk about an untold story from the rise of zoning law. A […]

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September 10, 2020

Short Circuit 147 | Off-premises signs and an on-premises subpoena

Will former White House Counsel Don McGahn ever testify to the House Judiciary Committee? That partly depends on how you squint when reading the Declaratory […]

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September 04, 2020

Short Circuit 146 (9/4/20)

Rejoining us after a very long break is Rob Johnson, who has some things to say about the Anti-Riot Act and a case finding part […]

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August 27, 2020

Short Circuit 145 | Dude, where’s my car? And, campaigning to disclose

Can a city hold on to your car for three years for no reason? Unfortunately, the Sixth Circuit seems to think the answer is “yes,” […]

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August 14, 2020

Short Circuit 144 | PACER Charges and Publicly Charged Universal Injunctions

What brings all lawyers together? Hatred of PACER. Some nonprofits challenged the fees the federal courts charge for accessing court filings on the electronic records […]

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August 06, 2020

Short Circuit 143 (8/7/20)

Religious freedom v. anti-discrimination and a promise not to do bad things. iTunes: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shor…uit/id309062019 Spotify: podcasters.spotify.com/podcast/1DFCq…Ehed/overview Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/institut…ce/short-circuit Google: play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#…odkfm5cpz7rlvf76a Newsletter: ij.org/about-us/shortcircuit/ Want to email […]

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July 30, 2020

Short Circuit 142 (7/31/20)

Excessive home foreclosures and parking fines. iTunes: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shor…uit/id309062019 Spotify: podcasters.spotify.com/podcast/1DFCq…Ehed/overview Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/institut…ce/short-circuit Google: play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#…odkfm5cpz7rlvf76a Newsletter: ij.org/about-us/shortcircuit/ Want to email us? [email protected] Transcript: https://ij.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Short-Circuit-142-edited.pdf Rafaeli, LLC […]

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July 23, 2020

Short Circuit 141 (7/24/20)

A police pizza raid and Fourth Amendment fireworks in the Fourth Circuit iTunes: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shor…uit/id309062019 Spotify: podcasters.spotify.com/podcast/1DFCq…Ehed/overview Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/institut…ce/short-circuit Google: play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#…odkfm5cpz7rlvf76a Newsletter: ij.org/about-us/shortcircuit/ Want to email […]

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July 15, 2020

Short Circuit 140

End times at the sheriff’s department and Euclidean policing. Transcript: https://ij.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/short-circuit-140.pdf iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/podcast/1DFCqDbZTI7kIws11kEhed/overview Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/institute-for-justice/short-circuit Google: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Iz26kyzdcpodkfm5cpz7rlvf76a Newsletter: ij.org/about-us/shortcircuit/ Want to email us? […]

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June 26, 2020

Short Circuit 139 (6/26/20)

A Week of Heavy Lifts: Closing Down Gyms in Michigan and a High-Profile Prosecution in DC. Transcript: https://ij.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Short-Circuit-139_otter.ai-final.pdf iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/podcast/1DFCqDbZTI7kIws11kEhed/overview Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/institute-for-justice/short-circuit Google: […]

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