Episode Details

The Short Circuit crew takes a road trip to the ACLU DC headquarters to record a special episode with guest Art Spitzer, the legal director of ACLU. The episode tackles a host of cases ACLU DC is involved in, including: How do you represent a client whose name you don't even know, and don't know if he wants to be represented? The curious case of the unnamed American detained in Iraq. When is a criminal charge so petty that you don't have a constitutional right to a jury trial? What if it's a minor crime that could get an immigrant deported--should that trigger the jury requirement? The DC metro system--which is a government entity--banned ACLU's ad with the text of the First Amendment because it's too political. Free speech violation?

Speakers

John K. Ross (Editor and Producer, Short Circuit)

Rob Johnson (Attorney, IJ)

Sheldon Gilbert (Director, CJE)

Art Spitzer (Legal Director, ACLU DC)

Resources:

American detainee: www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opini…32-1730182.pdf

Jury trials: ij.org/wp-content/uploads/20…-court-of-appeals.pdf

D.C. metro’s advertising ban: ij.org/wp-content/uploads/20…mata-tro-decision.pdf