Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchShort Circuit 193 | Hamilton Singing Fire in a Crowded Theater
What did Alexander Hamilton tell the Marquis de Lafayette on July 21, 1780? Probably not that his letter would be the subject of a civil forfeiture c…
4 years, 8 months ago
Short Circuit 192 | Standing Up for a Dollar
It’s taken five years, but the clients of IJ senior attorney Paul Avelar can now finally get their day in court thanks to a ruling in the Ninth Circu…
4 years, 8 months ago
Short Circuit 191: Judicial Activism for Reals
Frustrated with the deeply complicated issue of homelessness on Los Angeles’s skid row, a district court took the law into its own hands and ordered …
4 years, 8 months ago
Short Circuit 190: A Crime a Day in Prison
Mike Chase, author of “How to Become a Federal Criminal” and the man behind the @CrimeADay Twitter account, joins us to lay out the Eighth Circuit’s …
4 years, 8 months ago
Short Circuit 189 | Supreme Court Preview, OT 2021
For the fifth year in a row the Center for Judicial Engagement travels to the University of North Carolina School of Law to preview the upcoming Supr…
4 years, 9 months ago
Short Circuit 188 | Chalked Tires and the Other ACA
Ever rolled your tires to try and cover up the meter maid’s chalk mark? No, me neither . . . But even if you haven’t, you might not have to worry abo…
4 years, 9 months ago
Short Circuit 186 | Chillin’ With Uber
Usually a “chill” on your freedom of speech is the easiest constitutional injury to prove. But in the Tenth Circuit it seems if you speak too much yo…
4 years, 10 months ago
Short Circuit 185 | Guns and Football
More on two of America’s favorite subjects this week. Josh House rejoins us as we analyze six separate opinions about one football coach. Josh last c…
4 years, 10 months ago
Short Circuit 184 | California Constitutional Dreaming
On a special Short Circuit we look at the Constitution, and the constitutional history, of the Golden State. With two state constitutions and convent…
4 years, 10 months ago
Short Circuit 183 | Expectations of Surveillance
The Supreme Court has said a “search” occurs when the police invade your “reasonable expectation of privacy.” So what is a “reasonable expectation” t…
4 years, 10 months ago