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Back to SearchShort Circuit 409 | Obviously Unconstitutional
IJ’s Anya Bidwell interviews two civil rights lawyers for a wide-ranging conversation about what it’s like to litigate on behalf of people behind bars. She welcomes on Sam Weiss of Rights Behind Bars…
Published on 11 hours ago
Short Circuit 408 | Get Off My Beach
In the early days of the COVID pandemic, a county in Florida thought it was a good idea to keep people off of the beach. Even if they owned it. The beach owners were not able to access their beaches …
Published on 1 week ago
Short Circuit 407 | Master Thespians
Starting with a few lines from Shakespeare’s As You Like It, we are joined by two gentlemen of the stage, James Joseph, the first Assistant Director for IJ’s clinic at the University of Chicago, and …
Published on 2 weeks ago
Short Circuit 406 | Forfeiture Oopsies
The U.S. government seized over $600,000 from a business, tried to forfeit the money, never filed criminal charges against anyone, and then three years later said “nevermind!” and dismissed the case …
Published on 3 weeks ago
Short Circuit 405 | Judges as Employers
What happens if you sue your employer and your boss’s boss is a federal judge? It’s kind of complicated. Aliza Shatzman of the Legal Accountability Project rejoins us to detail a recent Fourth Circui…
Published on 4 weeks ago
Short Circuit 404 | A Permit to Pray?
Can a city require you to get a permit if you’re having a few people over to pray? In an Ohio town it was a little unclear. As IJ’s Suranjan Sen explains, an Orthodox Jewish man wanted to have enough…
Published on 1 month ago
Short Circuit 403 | Strict Liability for Civil Rights Violations
In a special episode, IJ’s Anya Bidwell interviews Matteo Godi of USC Law about his new article “Section 1983: A Strict Liability Statutory Tort.” Professor Godi provocatively argues that the basis o…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Short Circuit 402 | They Very Rarely Involve Murder
We’re joined by Reb Masel, a California lawyer who tries to keep the law fun while educating the public about how it works. She’s apparently pretty good at it as she has a zillion followers across va…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Short Circuit 401 | Government Fails Rational Basis Test for Once
The balance between free speech, campus order, and fighting antisemitism has been a major flashpoint the last couple of years and it just hit the First Circuit in a lawsuit against the Massachusetts …
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Short Circuit 400 | Is Sharing Your Password a Federal Crime?
If you think you’ve worked in a bad job you might want to first hear the first case we have this week, brought to you by IJ’s Michael Soyfer. It might give you a bit of cheerful perspective. An emplo…
Published on 2 months ago