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Back to SearchShort Circuit 260 | Unlimited Tariff Power
For the first time Short Circuit welcomes the Jones-Act-hating, free-trade-loving, tariff-busting, T-shirt-writing, and top-5-ranking Scott Lincicome…
2 years, 10 months ago
Short Circuit 259 | The Rent Is Too Damn High
A qualified immunity and property rights pairing this week. But first we announce the winning answer from last episode’s “decretal language” competit…
2 years, 10 months ago
Short Circuit 258 | And in en banc news
Our newsletter begins announcements about federal en banc decisions with the phrase “And in en banc news.” And about a year ago we had an argument on…
2 years, 11 months ago
Short Circuit 257 | General Google Warrants
On this Groundhog Day special we’re sniffing out a couple eternally recurrent subjects: limits on government surveillance and limits on property righ…
2 years, 11 months ago
Short Circuit 256 | A Magical Bag of Dope
Could you identify a “bag of dope” through a tinted car window? A police officer in Euclid, Ohio thought he could, but it turns out the effort wasn’t…
2 years, 11 months ago
Short Circuit 255 | Basic Training
We are joined by Texas “teenylaw” lawyer Kristen Vander-Plas LaFreniere. We talk about what it’s like to run a very small practice and then dig into …
2 years, 11 months ago
Short Circuit 254 | Civil Rights Roundup
In honor of the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. we invited on three civil rights lawyers to talk about their latest, pathbreaking, cases and the …
2 years, 11 months ago
Short Circuit 253 | Imaginary Lines
Two tales of the criminal justice system this week, with the Excessive Fines Clause and the Fourth Amendment both playing a part. First, in the Secon…
3 years ago
Short Circuit 252 | 13th Amendment at SCOTUS
Not many lawyers alive today can say they’ve litigated a Thirteenth Amendment case (yes, that amendment; the one about slavery). But we at IJ have on…
3 years ago
Short Circuit 251 | You Got Insurance?
You got insurance is not just a question they ask at the doctor’s office. Most of the time when someone sues the government—especially a local govern…
3 years ago