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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, 7 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, 7 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, 8 months ago
Short Circuit 241 | Pretext for a Traffic Stop
The Supreme Court has said that once the police find a reason to pull you over, they can pull you over—even if that’s not at all why they actually wa…
3 years, 8 months ago
Short Circuit 240 | Live at Columbia Law!
Enjoy some intra-Ivy League ribbing with two Yale grads talking law and clerkships from deep inside New York’s oldest university. Short Circuit welco…
3 years, 8 months ago
Short Circuit 239 | SCOTUS Preview Live from UNC
What’s new in OT22? Quite a bit, it turns out. This is our sixth annual Short Circuit Live Supreme Court Preview from the University of North Carolin…
3 years, 8 months ago
Short Circuit 238 | Dude, Where’s My Passport?
If a doctor says a prisoner needs to take his medication, and you’re a prison guard, you should give the prisoner his medication. A number of prison …
3 years, 9 months ago
Short Circuit 237 | Live at the University of Montana
It’s the first Big Sky Short Circuit! Recorded in front of students at the University of Montana School of Law, we examine three cases from the Monta…
3 years, 9 months ago
Short Circuit 236 | Constitutions and Common Law
When you sue the government for violating your rights do you first need the government’s permission? Unfortunately, the answer is usually “yes.” We l…
3 years, 9 months ago
Short Circuit 235 | Smelly Short-Term Rental Laws
We all know that guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days, But what about short-term rental ordinances? We look at a pair of regulations fr…
3 years, 9 months ago