Podcasts Archive

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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Short Circuit 267 | Take It

Just compensation is a pretty basic part of the Constitution. Which is why this week’s panel is a little confused how the State of Minnesota […]

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Short Circuit 266 | School Choice Special

On a special Short Circuit IJ’s Marie Miller sits down with a trio of school choice experts to provide an overview on where school choice […]

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Short Circuit 265 | Time Travel

Wouldn’t it be fun to own a time machine? If you said yes then you’re a lot like the Fifth Circuit. Last week its full […]

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Short Circuit 263 | A Three Hour Tour

A nostalgic tale of judicial engagement where we examine whether recess is a crime and whether it’s fine for the government to follow your every […]

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Short Circuit 262 | Shielded

A special Short Circuit Live at Georgetown University hosts Joanna Schwartz of UCLA to discuss her book Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable. And not […]

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Short Circuit 260 | Unlimited Tariff Power

For the first time Short Circuit welcomes the Jones-Act-hating, free-trade-loving, tariff-busting, T-shirt-writing, and top-5-ranking Scott Lincicome of the Cato Institute. Scott introduces us to a […]

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Short Circuit 259 | The Rent Is Too Damn High

A qualified immunity and property rights pairing this week. But first we announce the winning answer from last episode’s “decretal language” competition. Then, Patrick Jaicomo […]

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Short Circuit 258 | And in en banc news

Our newsletter begins announcements about federal en banc decisions with the phrase “And in en banc news.” And about a year ago we had an […]

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Short Circuit 257 | General Google Warrants

On this Groundhog Day special we’re sniffing out a couple eternally recurrent subjects: limits on government surveillance and limits on property rights. We’re joined by […]

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Short Circuit 256 | A Magical Bag of Dope

Could you identify a “bag of dope” through a tinted car window? A police officer in Euclid, Ohio thought he could, but it turns out […]

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Short Circuit 255 | Basic Training

We are joined by Texas “teenylaw” lawyer Kristen Vander-Plas LaFreniere. We talk about what it’s like to run a very small practice and then dig […]

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Short Circuit 254 | Civil Rights Roundup

In honor of the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. we invited on three civil rights lawyers to talk about their latest, pathbreaking, cases and […]

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