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 Zywicki1×BBrian Flores1×SSam MacRoberts1×JJaba Tsitsuashvili1×BBert Gall1×KKirby Thomas West1×JJud Campbell1×JJonathan Gienapp1×

Orin Kerr1×DDiana Simpson1×

Episodes (304)

Short Circuit 177 | When Are Judges “Too Cool?”

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Short Circuit 176 | Conjunction Junction, what’s your function?

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Short Circuit 175 | Tax Takings and Reservation Creation

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Short Circuit 174 | The Right to “Bear” Arms

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Short Circuit 173 | Public Accommodations and High Speed Snaps

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Short Circuit 172 | Confronting Cook County Corruption

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Short Circuit 171 | Should Originalists Party Like It’s 1868, not 1791?

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Short Circuit 170 | A Hot Mess and Seven Magic Words

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Short Circuit 169 | The Duct Tape of Federal Law

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Short Circuit 168 | Suspicious Handshakes and Football Prayers

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Short Circuit 167 | Section 230 and a Drones Search

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Short Circuit 166 | To En Banc or Not to En Banc

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Short Circuit 165 | Orphaned Precedent

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Short Circuit 164 | Bad Cop Records and Suspicionless Searches

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Short Circuit 163 | The Law of Johnny 5 Is Alive

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Short Circuit 162 | I Will Get Credit When I Crush You

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Short Circuit 161 | A Honkload of Stateless Cocaine

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Short Circuit 160 | The Dominion of Giuliani and Citizenship Receptions

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Short Circuit 159: The Sub-Rational Basis Test

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Short Circuit 158 | Privileges or Immunities and Consent Decrees

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Short Circuit 157 | State Constitutionalists Are the Veterinarians of Law

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Short Circuit 156 | The Navigable Waters, Recording Cops, and People in Church

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Short Circuit 155 | Only 160 Felonies

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Short Circuit 154 | Class action coupons and a building for Buddhists

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Short Circuit 153 | The Wire and Dairy Cows

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Short Circuit 152: Election Law 2020 Special

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Short Circuit 151 | Lifetime Leases and Butterflies on Walls

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Short Circuit 150 | Vacation rentals, COVID orders, and Electoral College studie...

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Short Circuit 149 | Supreme Court Preview for Tar Heels

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Short Circuit 148 | Are Apartments a Nuisance? Private Property and the Rise of...

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Short Circuit 147 | Off-premises signs and an on-premises subpoena

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Short Circuit 146 (9/4/20)

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Short Circuit 145 | Dude, where’s my car? And, campaigning to disclose

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Short Circuit 144 | PACER Charges and Publicly Charged Universal Injunctions

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Short Circuit 143 (8/7/20)

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Short Circuit 142 (7/31/20)

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Short Circuit 141 (7/24/20)

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Short Circuit 139 (6/26/20)

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Short Circuit 138 (6/18/20)A Bunch of Bad Apples

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Short Circuit 137 (6/12/20)

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Short Circuit 136 (6/2/20) Arguing at the Supreme Court

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Short Circuit 135 (5/28/20)

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Short Circuit 134 (5/15/20)

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Short Circuit 133 (5/7/20)

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Short Circuit 132 (5/1/20)

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Short Circuit 131 (4/24/20)

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Short Circuit 130 (4/21/20)

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Short Circuit 129 (4/14/20)

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Short Circuit 128 (4/9/20)

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