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Back to SearchShort Circuit 211 | Cohen the Police
Like owls? We’ve got owls. Two of them. But they don’t like each other. Ben Field explains how the Ninth Circuit adjudicated with this Parliament of …
3 years, 9 months ago
Short Circuit 210 | Grand Juries and IRS Interpretations
As news followers over the last few years will know, grand jury records are super secret. But sometimes judges allow the word to get out, under certa…
3 years, 9 months ago
Short Circuit 208 | The Government Is Special
Wanna get mad? This week we’ve got you covered. Two cases where the government plays by different rules from the rest of us. First Jaba Tsitsuashvili…
3 years, 10 months ago
Short Circuit 207 | West Coast Hits
Following in the footsteps of last week’s Super Bowl halftime show, we’re keeping it West Coast today. Two cases from the Ninth Circuit that are Very…
3 years, 10 months ago
Short Circuit 206 | 50 Shades of Government Immunity
The Institute for Justice just issued a new report, 50 Shades of Government Immunity, about what happens when you go to state–not federal–court after…
3 years, 11 months ago
Short Circuit 205 | Foreign Divorces
Divorce can be hard on the kids. Especially when the divorce was 40 years ago, the government doesn’t believe it happened, and your U.S. citizenship …
3 years, 11 months ago
Short Circuit 204 | Contracts and Blood Spatters
Sometimes when the government does bad things to you it violates the Constitution. And sometimes it just violates the contract. Jeff Rowes explains t…
3 years, 11 months ago
Short Circuit 203 | I Have No Idea What’s Going On
Is it “on bonk” or “n bank”? IJ lawyers disagree on how to pronounce a full court of appeals considering a case. But whatever your Latin/Old French s…
3 years, 11 months ago
Short Circuit 202 | Rules for Traffic Stops
Ever wondered when the police can pull you over and what they can do once you stop? Then this episode brings news you can use through a couple recent…
3 years, 11 months ago
Short Circuit 201 | The Fifth Circuit: It’s Complicated
It’s a new year but little is new with qualified immunity in the Fifth Circuit. Or is it? Easha Anand of the MacArthur Justice Center joins us to dis…
4 years ago