A questionable murder conviction, $60,000 seized from a man never charged with a crime, and an immigrant who may face persecution if she’s deported.

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Short Circuit 368 | Flipping the Bird

Is stretching out one’s middle finger at the police protected by the First Amendment? And whether it is or not, can the police trump up […]

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Short Circuit 367 | The Police Power

Often in old constitutional cases you see judges of yonder years invoking this mysterious substance called “the police power.” It’s something that has fallen out […]

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Short Circuit 366 | I Love You But Can’t

What’s the difference between a campaign contribution and a bribe? More than the Sixth Circuit seemed to think. Or so argues Paul Sherman of IJ […]

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Short Circuit 365 | I Like Old Property

A long-time friend of the Institute for Justice, Robert Thomas, joins us this week. For years he’s litigated property rights cases across the country, lately […]

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