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Back to SearchShort Circuit 413 | Economic Freedom, History, and Tradition
IJ’s John Wrench journeys to New Orleans to chat with some legal scholars on their recent work on all kinds of IJ-adjacent questions, especially as t…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Short Circuit 412 | “Nothing to see here”
Lovers of municipal crime and corruption—and internal affairs departments not doing their jobs—may enjoy the stories this week from Detroit and Balti…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
Short Circuit 411 | Don’t Forget Your Receipt
When you pay your bail money it’s a good practice to get a receipt. A woman in Mississippi found that out the hard way when she was arrested on prett…
5 months ago
Short Circuit 410 | Joan of Arc and Qualified Immunity
What does qualified immunity have to do with Joan of Arc? Released on the anniversary of the start of her trial, this episode examines that question—…
5 months, 1 week ago
Short Circuit 409 | Obviously Unconstitutional
IJ’s Anya Bidwell interviews two civil rights lawyers for a wide-ranging conversation about what it’s like to litigate on behalf of people behind bar…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Short Circuit 408 | Get Off My Beach
In the early days of the COVID pandemic, a county in Florida thought it was a good idea to keep people off of the beach. Even if they owned it. The b…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Short Circuit 407 | Master Thespians
Starting with a few lines from Shakespeare’s As You Like It, we are joined by two gentlemen of the stage, James Joseph, the first Assistant Director …
6 months ago
Short Circuit 406 | Forfeiture Oopsies
The U.S. government seized over $600,000 from a business, tried to forfeit the money, never filed criminal charges against anyone, and then three yea…
6 months, 1 week ago
Short Circuit 405 | Judges as Employers
What happens if you sue your employer and your boss’s boss is a federal judge? It’s kind of complicated. Aliza Shatzman of the Legal Accountability P…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Short Circuit 404 | A Permit to Pray?
Can a city require you to get a permit if you’re having a few people over to pray? In an Ohio town it was a little unclear. As IJ’s Suranjan Sen expl…
6 months, 3 weeks ago