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: http://ij.org/about-us/shortcircuit/
Want to email us? [email protected]

Medical marijuana: http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2016/08/16/15-10117.pdf
Bogus arson: http://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/153399p.pdf?mc_cid=b21d53d726&mc_eid=6e8e76319f
Sex-offender registries: http://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/16a0207p-06.pdf
Judicial speech: http://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/16a0206p-06.pdf

Evan’s paper: http://www.cato-unbound.org/issues/september-2016/do-we-need-judicial-engagement

Recent Episodes

Short Circuit 353 | Jurisdictional Mavens

Notable—and quotable—Chicago lawyer Patrick Eckler joins us for a crash-course in Seventh Circuit paranoia (if you’re paranoid about jurisdictional questions at oral argument—which you really […]

Listen Now

Short Circuit 352 | Misinformation

We go online for some First Amendment content this week. First, IJ’s Jeff Redfern explains how the Eleventh Circuit concluded that CNN might be liable […]

Listen Now

Short Circuit 351 | State Court Shenanigans

A couple friends drop by this week who have overstayed their welcome: Rooker and Feldman. Together they make up the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, a weed that […]

Listen Now

Short Circuit 350 | In rem Liechtenstein

Can the U.S. government use civil forfeiture in a U.S. court to take property in another country? One of IJ’s directors of our National Initiative […]

Listen Now