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Short Circuit

Institute for Justice

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The Supreme Court decides a few dozen cases every year; federal appellate courts decide thousands. So if you love constitutional law, the circuit courts are where it’s at. Join us as we break down some of the week’s most intriguing appellate decisions with a unique brand of insight, wit, and passion for judicial engagement and the rule of law. ij.org/short-circuit

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Short Circuit 377 | Zen and the Art of the Nondelegation Doctrine

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Short Circuit 376 | Murder Mysteries

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Short Circuit 375 | Unsympathetic Clients

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Short Circuit 374 | Content-Based Dancing

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Short Circuit 373 | Live from Denver Law!

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Short Circuit 372 | VHS Privacy

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Short Circuit 371 | Ten Years of Short Circuit

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Short Circuit 370 | Humans Only in the Copyright Office

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Short Circuit 369 | Substantive Due Process, The Podcast

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Short Circuit 368 | Flipping the Bird

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Short Circuit 367 | The Police Power

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Short Circuit 366 | I Love You But Can’t

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Short Circuit 365 | I Like Old Property

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Short Circuit 364 | Big Bats

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Short Circuit 363 | The Licensing Racket

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Short Circuit 362 | Boil the Frog to Tear Down the House

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Short Circuit 361 | Reading the Qualified Tea Leaves

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Short Circuit 360 | Weed and Fines

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Short Circuit 359 | Net Neutrality Flip Flops

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Short Circuit 358 | Motte-and-Bailey Game

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Short Circuit 357 | Drama at the City Council Meeting

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Short Circuit 356 | Christmas Sweater Law

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Short Circuit 355 | Civil Rights Reform in the States

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Short Circuit 354 | Grounds Increasingly Dubious

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Short Circuit 353 | Jurisdictional Mavens

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Short Circuit 352 | Misinformation

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Short Circuit 351 | State Court Shenanigans

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Short Circuit 350 | In rem Liechtenstein

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Short Circuit 349 | Wrong Side of the Road

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Short Circuit 348 | Excessive Fines and the IRS

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Short Circuit 347 | Election Law Special

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Short Circuit 346 | Not My Responsibility

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Short Circuit 345 | Supreme Court Preview at UNC!

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Short Circuit 344 | Can a Jury Only Go Up to Eleven?

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Short Circuit 343 | Fourth Amendment Effects

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Short Circuit 342 | Kicked Out of the Libertarian Club?

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Short Circuit 341 | Live from Austin: Local Retaliation

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Short Circuit 340 | No Way to Run a Railroad

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Short Circuit 339 | The Crime of Journalism

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Short Circuit 338 | Geofence Warrants

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Short Circuit 337 | Facebook Comment Board of Appeals

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Short Circuit 336 | Thor’s Seizure

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Short Circuit 335 | Zoning Justice

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Short Circuit 334 | Only Mostly Dead

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Short Circuit 333 | Live at Hogan Lovells!

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Short Circuit 332 | Not-So Government Speech

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Short Circuit 331 | The British Are Coming

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Short Circuit 330 | Pretext Takings

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Short Circuit 329 | Much Ado About Nothing

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Short Circuit 328 | A Modest Proposal

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