Podcasts Archive

Short Circuit 289 | Property Rights FTW

We celebrate, and dig into, two victories for property rights this week—both in IJ cases! First, IJ’s Wesley Hottot discusses the Sixth Circuit’s opinion in […]

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Short Circuit 288 | Nondelegating Warrants

Two old favorites this week: The nondelegation doctrine and the phrase “come back with a warrant.” And both from the culturally varied Sixth Circuit. First, […]

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Unpublished Opinions 1 | Swing More Freely

Welcome to Short Circuit’s new podcast! In this free ranging side of the Center for Justice Engagement we welcome two Institute for Justice attorneys, Anya […]

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Short Circuit 283 | Pennies at a Time

If someone sends you an unsolicited text message are you “injured”? In a constitutional sense, that is. Bob Belden swoops back to the podcast to […]

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Short Circuit 281 | Bosom Buddies

We talk with a couple remarkable women who achieved something pretty remarkable for some other remarkable women in Georgia: Had the state supreme court strike […]

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Short Circuit 279 | Cops on the Beat

It’s hard to sue the police. But it’s even harder to sue a judge. Rob Johnson returns to tell us about an Eighth Circuit case […]

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Short Circuit 277 | More to Come

Short Circuit is delighted to welcome one of the “Founding Fathers” of #AppellateTwitter to our virtual studio, Sean Marotta. Sean tells the story of how […]

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Short Circuit 276 | The Concentration of Powers

We all know about the separation of powers. But this week IJ attorney Jaba Tsitsuashvili introduces us to something else: the concentration of powers. It’s […]

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Short Circuit 273 | Suing to Apportion Seats

Today we’re digging into the Fourteenth Amendment. No, not the part we usually talk about, Section 1, with its privileges or immunities, equal protection, and […]

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Short Circuit 271 | The Cars Greatest Hits

Cars and free speech, what could be a more American combination? This week we’re playing a double-sided session that you can enjoy while honking your […]

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Short Circuit 270 | Baby Ninth Amendments

IJ attorney Josh Windham seizes the microphone and turns it around on your regular host, Anthony Sanders. Josh interviews Anthony about his new book, which […]

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Short Circuit 269 | The British Constitution

It’s Special Short Circuit time. And this time that means we don’t just investigate a special legal issue, we journey to a special place (well, […]

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