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Back to SearchShort 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—…
9 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…
9 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…
9 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 …
9 months, 4 weeks 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…
10 months 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…
10 months, 1 week 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…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Short Circuit 403 | Strict Liability for Civil Rights Violations
In a special episode, IJ’s Anya Bidwell interviews Matteo Godi of USC Law about his new article “Section 1983: A Strict Liability Statutory Tort.” Pr…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Short Circuit 402 | They Very Rarely Involve Murder
We’re joined by Reb Masel, a California lawyer who tries to keep the law fun while educating the public about how it works. She’s apparently pretty g…
11 months ago
Short Circuit 401 | Government Fails Rational Basis Test for Once
The balance between free speech, campus order, and fighting antisemitism has been a major flashpoint the last couple of years and it just hit the Fir…
11 months, 1 week ago