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Back to SearchShort Circuit 310 | Opening the Vaults
The Ninth Circuit recently had some pretty harsh words for the FBI’s egregious behavior when the Bureau decided to crack open some vaults in Los Ange…
1 year, 11 months ago
Short Circuit 309 | O’Scannlain O’Rama
It’s a clerk reunion this week, at least for two former clerks of Judge Diarmuid O’Scannlain of the Ninth Circuit. We welcome back David Lat of Origi…
1 year, 11 months ago
Short Circuit 308 | Burns Night
A more poetic Short Circuit this week. Coinciding with his birthday, January 25th, and with the phenomenon that it is these days, we pay homage to Sc…
1 year, 11 months ago
Short Circuit 307 | Working Both Sides of the Bench
An “utterly bonkers” case this week. Jaba Tsitsuashvili, attorney at IJ and attorney for his client Erma Wilson, tells us about the Fifth Circuit’s r…
1 year, 11 months ago
Short Circuit 306 | Widespread Super Cheap Surveillance
If a defendant lies on the stand, and also hasn’t turned over records that would have helped answer the same question, is that discovery abuse? We di…
2 years ago
Short Circuit 305 | Rare as Hen’s Teeth
An old favorite on our first show of 2024, a search incident to arrest. Was it reasonable for the police to open a man’s backpack when he already lay…
2 years ago
Short Circuit 304 | The Writing on the Wall
If you ask someone on the street what’s the deal with the standard in employment discrimination cases they’ll likely exclaim “McDonnell Douglas!” And…
2 years ago
Short Circuit 303 | Larry McMurtry Fact Pattern
Motions to suppress evidence of illegal firearms possession seem to be all the rage these days, or at least on this episode. IJ’s Christie Hebert sta…
2 years ago
Short Circuit 302 | Deranged Prosecutor
Two holiday delights this week: The right of a former president to say “Deranged prosecutor Jack Smith” and the proper standard when officials reckle…
2 years ago
Short Circuit 301 | Litigating the Multiverse
We’re joined by Braden Boucek, Director of Litigation at the Southeastern Legal Foundation, and IJ’s Arif Panju. Braden takes us to the Eighth Circui…
2 years, 1 month ago