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Back to SearchShort Circuit 158 | Privileges or Immunities and Consent Decrees
The Fourteenth Amendment’s Privileges or Immunities Clause resurfaces in the Seventh Circuit, where the State of Indiana treated some newcomers differently from some long-time residents. Meanwhile, a…
Published on 4 years, 11 months ago
Short Circuit 157 | State Constitutionalists Are the Veterinarians of Law
How do you put together a campaign of litigation under various state constitutions across the country? And how to you get state courts to take their own constitutions seriously? On this special Short…
Published on 4 years, 11 months ago
Short Circuit 156 | The Navigable Waters, Recording Cops, and People in Church
Is it time for the Supreme Court to spread some privileges or immunities cheer? Michael Bindas discusses a cert petition pending at SCOTUS on navigating the navigable waters, one of the few rights th…
Published on 5 years ago
Short Circuit 155 | Only 160 Felonies
The first two items in the Bill of Rights get top billing. Does a nine-year-old felony conviction for tax fraud justify continuing to deny someone their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms? …
Published on 5 years ago
Short Circuit 154 | Class action coupons and a building for Buddhists
Class action expert Ted Frank joins to discuss a Ninth Circuit case where the court didn’t think giving class members crummy coupons warranted almost $15 million in attorneys fees. IJ Senior Attorney…
Published on 5 years, 1 month ago
Short Circuit 153 | The Wire and Dairy Cows
Ever seen The Wire? Do you think those cops could have seriously used a team of drones taking photos of Stringer Bell for 12 hours a day? Turns out so does the city of Baltimore itself, whose drone s…
Published on 5 years, 1 month ago
Short Circuit 152: Election Law 2020 Special
What is with up with the torrent of election law cases coming out these days? IJ’s Diana Simpson and Anthony Sanders are here to give you the scoop. Actually, quite a few scoops, served up in the cir…
Published on 5 years, 2 months ago
Short Circuit 151 | Lifetime Leases and Butterflies on Walls
We don’t recommend converting apartments into condos in San Francisco. But if you do, it might be hard to bring a takings claim, as we find out why from a recent denial of en banc review in the Ninth…
Published on 5 years, 2 months ago
Short Circuit 150 | Vacation rentals, COVID orders, and Electoral College studies
On October 16, 2020 the Center for Judicial Engagement is hosting a special online event, our forum on judicial engagement and the Pennsylvania Constitution. Register today at the link below to join …
Published on 5 years, 2 months ago
Short Circuit 149 | Supreme Court Preview for Tar Heels
For the fourth year in a row, the Institute for Justice has teamed up with the University of North Carolina Federalist Society Chapter to preview cases for the Supreme Court’s upcoming term. IJ’s Jus…
Published on 5 years, 3 months ago