November 09, 2017
Short Circuit 082 (11/10/17)
Special guest Clark Neily talks qualified immunity: Police shootings, detaining a witness to a police shooting, and denying a pre-trial detainee access to a judge […]
Listen NowOctober 26, 2017
Short Circuit 081 (10/26/17)
Prostitution, gun sales too close to a residence, self-storage too close to a school, and leafleting too close to a circus. Use iTunes? https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Use […]
Listen NowOctober 12, 2017
Short Circuit 080 (10/12/17)
Suspending indigent drivers’ licenses, forfeiture standing, and a wayward cop’s sign ban. 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? […]
Listen NowSeptember 29, 2017
Short Circuit 079 (9/29/17)
The mark of the beast on campus, defamation on campus, and due process on campus. 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 […]
Listen NowSeptember 14, 2017
Short Circuit 078 (9/15/17)
Forfeiting money turned over to post bail, “buying food” at Costco, and Wyoming’s ag-gag law. 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 […]
Listen NowAugust 23, 2017
Short Circuit 077 (8/25/17)
Funeral picketing, abortion protesting, and escheatment. 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] Eugene Volokh on banning white […]
Listen NowAugust 16, 2017
Short Circuit 076 (8/18/17)
This special podcast features the Harte family, whose home was raided by a SWAT team after police found tea leaves in the family’s trash. Use […]
Listen NowJuly 21, 2017
Short Circuit 075 (7/21/17)
Recording cops in public, recording cops in police stations, and recording cops raiding your business. 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 […]
Listen NowJuly 07, 2017
Short Circuit 074 (7/7/17)
An unseemly cash seizure, misleading pregnancy-related speech, and an unseemly vehicle impounding rule. 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 […]
Listen NowJune 09, 2017
Short Circuit 073 (6/9/17)
Dead man’s conviction vacated—can the gov’t keep the fine he paid? Sovereign immunity in a just compensation case. An unconstitutional traffic stop. Uber and unfair […]
Listen NowJune 02, 2017
Short Circuit 072 (6/2/17)
The Secret Service takes down Dr. Evil, Trump’s travel ban, cell-phone surveillance, and the FAA’s hobby drone registry. Use iTunes? https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Use Android (RSS)? http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:84493247/sounds.rss […]
Listen NowMay 11, 2017
Short Circuit 071 (5/12/17)
A spooky cellphone warning, a sign on a stick, a “ruminating” judge, and an update from the civil forfeiture hotbed of Tenaha, TX. Use iTunes? […]
Listen NowApril 20, 2017
Short Circuit 070 (4/21/17)
A suspiciously relaxed motorist, no deference to an EPA emissions exemption, prairie dogs, and illegal tattooing. 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/ […]
Listen NowApril 07, 2017
Short Circuit 069 (4/7/17)
FL skim milk, Portland sedans, an exoneree’s suit against the detective who framed her, and Chevron 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: […]
Listen NowMarch 24, 2017
Short Circuit 068 (3/24/17)
Life sentences for juveniles, a union’s “neat trick,” opening prisoners’ legal mail, and undergarments & prison tattoos. 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: […]
Listen NowMarch 03, 2017
Short Circuit 067 (3/3/17)
Maryland’s assault weapons ban, Iowa State’s treatment of a pro-marijuana student group, mine-safety inspections, and a tragic prison death. Use iTunes? https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Use Android (RSS)? […]
Listen NowFebruary 21, 2017
Short Circuit 066 (2/24/17)
Flashbang grenades, Docs v. Glocks, and D.C.’s sign code. 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] Flashbangs: http://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/201514373.pdf […]
Listen NowFebruary 09, 2017
Short Circuit 065 (2/10/17)
Chicago gun range ban, irrational alcohol advertising restrictions, political lawn signs, and a concealed carry 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/ […]
Listen NowJanuary 12, 2017
Short Circuit 064 (01/13/17)
Indefinite detention of sex offenders, qualified immunity for social workers, the SEC’s unconstitutional ALJs, and a vexing property rights case. Use iTunes? https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Use Android […]
Listen NowDecember 22, 2016
Short Circuit 063 (12/23/16)
Due process in campus sexual assault cases, hunting trophies, drug forfeiture, and puppycide. 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 […]
Listen NowDecember 09, 2016
Short Circuit 062 (12/9/16)
Sex-offender restrictions; Stingrays; and a Speedy Trial Act violation. 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] Sex-offender restrictions: […]
Listen NowNovember 22, 2016
Short Circuit 061 (11/25/16)
Student punished for off-campus speech; the CFPB’s unconstitutional structure; the right to intrastate travel; and compelled speech in the context of abortion. Use iTunes? https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 […]
Listen NowNovember 17, 2016
Short Circuit 060 (11/17/16)
A series of unfortunate events leads to SWAT raid; a Ten Commandments monument on public property; Michigan ballot selfies; and privacy in one’s pants pockets. […]
Listen NowOctober 18, 2016
Short Circuit 059 (10/21/16)
Mandatory transvaginal ultrasounds, Syrian refugees, and a pair of taxi cases. 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] […]
Listen NowOctober 13, 2016
Short Circuit 058 (10/14/16)
Ballot selfies, 3-D printer guns, and a new trial for a death-row prisoner. 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 […]
Listen NowSeptember 29, 2016
Short Circuit 057 (9/30/16)
Federal prosecutions of medical-marijuana in states where its legal, bogus arson charges, sex-offender registries, and judicial speech. 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: […]
Listen NowSeptember 15, 2016
Short Circuit 056 (9/16/16)
Two Second Amendment cases, taxicab surveillance, and a call for engagement. 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] […]
Listen NowAugust 19, 2016
Short Circuit 055 (8/16/16)
A sex toy ban, IRS misconduct continues, FEC runs afoul of the First Amendment, and a truthful endodontist. Use iTunes? https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Use Android (RSS)? http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:84493247/sounds.rss […]
Listen NowAugust 11, 2016
Short Circuit 054 (8/12/16)
Sexual assault on campus, an engaged Miranda decision, a spurious arrest, and some ill-considered commentary at a sentencing hearing. Use iTunes? https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Use Android (RSS)? […]
Listen NowJuly 21, 2016
Short Circuit 053 (7/22/16)
Booking photos and privacy, visiting a website without permission, due process and parole hearings, and pulling Planned Parenthood’s public funding. Use iTunes? https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Use Android […]
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