Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchShort 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 …
5 years 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…
5 years, 1 month 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…
5 years, 1 month ago
Short Circuit 187 | How Binding Is Your Dicta?
The Third Circuit allowed a Second Amendment case challenging Robinson Township’s new zoning ordinance to proceed. Did they town change their zoning …
5 years, 1 month 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…
5 years, 2 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…
5 years, 2 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…
5 years, 2 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…
5 years, 2 months ago
Short Circuit 182 | Putting the Protection in “Equal Protection”
Today we think of the Equal Protection Clause as requiring equal treatment of the laws. But in addition to anything else it covers, at its core it’s …
5 years, 3 months ago
Short Circuit 181 | Mandatory Associations
It’s not often that we get three different appellate opinions on the same issue in one week. But recently the Fifth Circuit (twice) and the Tenth han…
5 years, 3 months ago