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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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Todd ZywickiTodd Zywicki1×BBrian Flores1×SSam MacRoberts1×JJaba Tsitsuashvili1×BBert Gall1×KKirby Thomas West1×JJud Campbell1×JJonathan Gienapp1×Orin KerrOrin Kerr1×DDiana Simpson1×

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Short Circuit 228 | No Portable Signs

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Short Circuit 227 | Salt Mines and Open Fields

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Short Circuit 226 | Short Circuit Live Constitutional GPA

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Short Circuit 225 | Supreme School Choice Victory

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Episode 224 | Cameras on Poles Recording Everything

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Short Circuit 223 | Clerks and Harassment

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Short Circuit 222 | Live at IJ’s Law Student Conference

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Short Circuit 221 | The Big Mac

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Short Circuit 220 | Timing Is Everything

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Short Circuit 219 | Threading the Federal Courts

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Short Circuit 218 | Because the Supreme Court Did Some Things It Did

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Short Circuit 217 | Hunting for Free Speech Truffles

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Episode 216 | Sovereign Immunity and NIMBY Neighbors

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Episode 215 | You Say Habeas I Say Mandamus

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Episode 214 | Short Circuit Live returns to the D.C. Circuit

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Short Circuit 213 | Antitrust Smiles and Judgment Frowns

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Short Circuit 212 | Lehto’s Law

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Short Circuit 211 | Cohen the Police

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Short Circuit 210 | Grand Juries and IRS Interpretations

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Short Circuit 208 | The Government Is Special

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Short Circuit 207 | West Coast Hits

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Short Circuit 206 | 50 Shades of Government Immunity

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Short Circuit 205 | Foreign Divorces

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Short Circuit 204 | Contracts and Blood Spatters

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Short Circuit 203 | I Have No Idea What’s Going On

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Short Circuit 202 | Rules for Traffic Stops

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Short Circuit 201 | The Fifth Circuit: It’s Complicated

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Short Circuit 200 | Origins

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Short Circuit 199 | The Right Not To Be Framed and It’s Greek To Me

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Short Circuit 198 | International Trade and Standing for Guns

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Short Circuit 197 | No Vehicles in the Park Remix

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Short Circuit 196 | 50 Years of “Our Federalism”

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Short Circuit 195 | Pride and Prejudice in Prison

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Short Circuit 194 | Arboreal Takings and the Sidewalks of New York

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Short Circuit 193 | Hamilton Singing Fire in a Crowded Theater

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Short Circuit 192 | Standing Up for a Dollar

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Short Circuit 191: Judicial Activism for Reals

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Short Circuit 190: A Crime a Day in Prison

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Short Circuit 189 | Supreme Court Preview, OT 2021

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Short Circuit 188 | Chalked Tires and the Other ACA

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Short Circuit 187 | How Binding Is Your Dicta?

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Short Circuit 186 | Chillin’ With Uber

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Short Circuit 185 | Guns and Football

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Short Circuit 184 | California Constitutional Dreaming

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Short Circuit 183 | Expectations of Surveillance

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Short Circuit 182 | Putting the Protection in “Equal Protection”

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Short Circuit 181 | Mandatory Associations

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Short Circuit 180 | A Fifth of Qualified Immunity

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Short Circuit 179 | Taking Bees with the Police Power

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Short Circuit 178 | First Amendment Home Design

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