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Back to SearchShort 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…
4 years, 5 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…
4 years, 5 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, 5 months ago
Short Circuit 200 | Origins
It's our 200th episode! We're taking this second century as an excuse to explore where Short Circuit came from and what it's done, both the podcast a…
4 years, 6 months ago
Short Circuit 199 | The Right Not To Be Framed and It’s Greek To Me
In what may be the most obvious of examples of obvious constitutional violations, we discuss the right to not have the police put you in prison. Alex…
4 years, 6 months ago
Short Circuit 198 | International Trade and Standing for Guns
Where do you go to challenge an illegal tax? Well, if that tax is a tariff your destination is the United States Court of International Trade. Learn …
4 years, 6 months ago
Short Circuit 197 | No Vehicles in the Park Remix
Fans of the Hart-Fuller debate are gonna love this one. As will normal people who have no idea what that means. Legal philosopher HLA Hart asked whet…
4 years, 7 months ago
Short Circuit 196 | 50 Years of “Our Federalism”
In addition to some other civil rights anniversaries, 2021 marks 50 years since the Supreme Court decided Younger v. Harris. There, the Court made it…
4 years, 7 months ago
Short Circuit 195 | Pride and Prejudice in Prison
What’s too hot a novel for a prisoner? Apparently “Pride and Prejudice: The Wild and Wanton Edition” meets that standard. The Eighth Circuit dug into…
4 years, 7 months ago
Short Circuit 194 | Arboreal Takings and the Sidewalks of New York
How can the government encourage us to keep our trees? In all kinds of ways, but not through mandating the replanting of trees regardless of the land…
4 years, 8 months ago