Episode Details

The Short Circuit crew makes its way through a lot of cases this week, including: Did Jay-Z's Big Pimpin' song unlawfully borrow music from a famous Egyptian song? Who owns the copyright to the Egyptian song? And what's a "moral right," anyway? Is a Michigan law barring judges from serving after the age of 70 a violation of the federal Constitution's 14th Amendment? When a city encourages the public to trespass on a private beach, is that a "taking"? Does it really make sense for a state to suspend a driver's license as punishment for failure to pay fines? Won't that just make it harder for the person to get to work in order to pay the fines?

Speakers

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

Rob Johnson (Attorney, IJ)

Ricard Pochkhanawala (Research Attorney, IJ)

Resources:

Big Pimpin’: cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opin…1/16-55213.pdf

Age limits: www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf…0097p-06.pdf

Beach access: media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/…201616402.pdf

Motorist fines: www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/171740.U.pdf

IJ’s amicus on Rooker-Feldman: ij.org/wp-content/uploads/20…tinnie-v.-Holcomb.pdf