Podcast Episodes

12 Days of Short Circuit Christmas

A very short episode for the Holidays. Sung by members of the Institute for Justice. Click to listen, but here are the words:

On the 1st day of Short…

3 years ago

Short Circuit 250 | Thanksgiving for the Arrest

One of our oldest friends (well, not really a “friend”) is back, the rational basis test. Turns out the government can justify refusing to give someo…

3 years ago

Short Circuit 249 | Licensed to Work

For millions of lower-income Americans, state licensing laws make finding work or opening a small business harder and more expensive—if not outright …

3 years, 1 month ago

Short Circuit 248 | “I Declare Bankruptcy”

Money makes the world go round. And sometimes the Constitution and our civil rights laws help money out with that. We examine a couple recent cases w…

3 years, 1 month ago

Short Circuit 247 | Off to the Races

Just in time for Thanksgiving we have two extremely juicy opinions (from a judicial engagement standpoint), one about the right to earn a living and …

3 years, 1 month ago

Short Circuit 246 | The Unholy Trinity

We’re joined by two friends from the MacArthur Justice Center, Emily Washington and Eric Foley, to tell us all about a blood-boiling case of prosecut…

3 years, 1 month ago

Short Circuit 245 | A Texas-Sized “And”

Everything’s big in Texas. Including that famous English conjunction “and.” For the first time on Short Circuit we have two IJ attorneys based in the…

3 years, 2 months ago

Short Circuit 244 | Election Special 2022

When Americans vote it usually means one other thing. Americans suing. And this year is no different. Diana Simpson of IJ joins us, as she did on the…

3 years, 2 months ago

Short Circuit 243 | Live From New York It’s Short Circuit!

We recorded an episode live before an audience in New York City! NYC is home to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and it’s a…

3 years, 2 months ago

Short Circuit 242 | CON Law at SCOTUS

The Institute for Justice has asked the Supreme Court to take a case challenging Kentucky’s Certificate of Need law (aka a “CON law”—very much a doub…

3 years, 2 months ago