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Back to SearchShort Circuit 263 | A Three Hour Tour
A nostalgic tale of judicial engagement where we examine whether recess is a crime and whether it’s fine for the government to follow your every move…
3 years, 3 months ago
Short Circuit 262 | Shielded
A special Short Circuit Live at Georgetown University hosts Joanna Schwartz of UCLA to discuss her book Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable. …
3 years, 3 months ago
Short Circuit 261 | Live at Southern Methodist University!
Short Circuit speaks with the law students at SMU in our first visit to The Big D. With Anya Bidwell as your host, she introduces us to Texas lawyers…
3 years, 3 months ago
Short 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…
3 years, 3 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…
3 years, 4 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…
3 years, 4 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…
3 years, 4 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…
3 years, 4 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 …
3 years, 5 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 …
3 years, 5 months ago