Short Circuit
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You like law? We've got law. Check out our concise & fun-to-read summaries of circuit court opinions, listen to our (sometimes irreverent) podcasts, & more. A project of the Center for Judicial Engagement at the Institute for Justice
Lobstermen surveillance, semiquincentennial squabbling, and socking it to the Scotch Tape People.
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Lobstermen surveillance, semiquincentennial squabbling, and socking it to the Scotch Tape People. - Institute for Justice
Webinar: In thousands of communities across the country, automatic license plate readers are surveilling people’s movements on a massive scale. A sensible law-enforcement tool? Or […]
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November 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Lobstermen surveillance, semiquincentennial squabbling, and socking it to the Scotch Tape People.
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Our Latest Podcast: Strict Liability for Civil Rights Violations
Anya Bidwell interviews @gould.usc.edu's @matteogodi.bsky.social on his new article arguing that Section 1983 should be seen as a strict liability tort.
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Anya Bidwell interviews @gould.usc.edu's @matteogodi.bsky.social on his new article arguing that Section 1983 should be seen as a strict liability tort.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Our Latest Podcast: Strict Liability for Civil Rights Violations
Anya Bidwell interviews @gould.usc.edu's @matteogodi.bsky.social on his new article arguing that Section 1983 should be seen as a strict liability tort.
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Anya Bidwell interviews @gould.usc.edu's @matteogodi.bsky.social on his new article arguing that Section 1983 should be seen as a strict liability tort.
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It's the latest Unpublished Opinions! John Wrench, Josh Windham & Sam Gedge ponder what inspires them to do law (the answers include a surprising number of Dodecanese Islands references) & what advice they have for young lawyers. And so much more!
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Unpublished Opinions 20 | And Fascism - Institute for Justice
Your IJ roundtable is back with hot takes and tepid reflection. John Wrench, joined by Sam Gedge and Josh Windham, share tips on how to […]
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November 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
It's the latest Unpublished Opinions! John Wrench, Josh Windham & Sam Gedge ponder what inspires them to do law (the answers include a surprising number of Dodecanese Islands references) & what advice they have for young lawyers. And so much more!
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Our Latest Newsletter: Firework permits, intratribal smokes, and really just a whole lot of shootings and killings.
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Firework permits, intratribal smokes, and really just a whole lot of shootings and killings. - Institute for Justice
In 2023, police in Marion, Kan.—armed with bogus warrants—raided the offices of a local newspaper, the home of the newspaper owner (a nonagenarian who died […]
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November 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Our Latest Newsletter: Firework permits, intratribal smokes, and really just a whole lot of shootings and killings.
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Our Latest Podcast: Moonshine argument leads to years of jail without trial.
With Reb Masel & Bobbi Taylor!
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With Reb Masel & Bobbi Taylor!
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Moonshine argument leads to years of jail without trial | Short Circuit 402 w/ @RebuttalPod
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November 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Our Latest Podcast: Moonshine argument leads to years of jail without trial.
With Reb Masel & Bobbi Taylor!
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With Reb Masel & Bobbi Taylor!
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Our Latest Newsletter: Non-condensing furnaces, drag shows, and master accounts.
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Non-condensing furnaces, drag shows, and master accounts. - Institute for Justice
Friends, Indiana law requires prosecutors to produce detailed reports documenting how they use civil forfeiture. But we did a little sleuthing, and whoo boy, it […]
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November 8, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Our Latest Newsletter: Non-condensing furnaces, drag shows, and master accounts.
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Our Latest Podcast: Government Fails Rational Basis Test for Once.
With Arif Panju & Michael Pena!
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With Arif Panju & Michael Pena!
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November 8, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Our Latest Podcast: Government Fails Rational Basis Test for Once.
With Arif Panju & Michael Pena!
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With Arif Panju & Michael Pena!
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Our Latest Newsletter: Pill-pushing predictions, off-campus speech, and a crude insurrection.
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Pill-pushing predictions, off-campus speech, and a crude insurrection. - Institute for Justice
At SCOTUSblog, IJ’s John Wrench tells a tale of white coats and black robes: How a 1927 eugenics-era decision warns against swapping judicial scrutiny for […]
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October 31, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Our Latest Newsletter: Pill-pushing predictions, off-campus speech, and a crude insurrection.
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Our Latest Podcast: Is Sharing Your Password a Federal Crime?
With Sam Gedge & Michael Soyfer!
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With Sam Gedge & Michael Soyfer!
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Is Sharing Your Password a Federal Crime? | Short Circuit 400
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October 31, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Our Latest Podcast: Is Sharing Your Password a Federal Crime?
With Sam Gedge & Michael Soyfer!
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With Sam Gedge & Michael Soyfer!
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It's the latest episode of our roundtable podcast, Unpublished Opinions.
With John Wrench @ijsanders.bsky.social & Anya Bidwell!
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With John Wrench @ijsanders.bsky.social & Anya Bidwell!
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Unpublished Opinions 19 | The Highest Court in the Land - Institute for Justice
With the new Supreme Court term underway, John Wrench welcomes Anya Bidwell and Anthony Sanders for a SCOTUS-themed romp—including which justice is the ideal dinner […]
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October 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
It's the latest episode of our roundtable podcast, Unpublished Opinions.
With John Wrench @ijsanders.bsky.social & Anya Bidwell!
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With John Wrench @ijsanders.bsky.social & Anya Bidwell!
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Our Latest Newsletter: Solar panels, campus protests, and not much due process.
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Solar panels, campus protests, and not much due process. - Institute for Justice
Hey, neat: Both The New York Times and The Washington Post featured stories about IJ client George Retes—a U.S. citizen and Iraq combat veteran beaten […]
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October 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Our Latest Newsletter: Solar panels, campus protests, and not much due process.
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Our Latest Podcast: Weekend at Humphrey's
With Todd Zywicki, Casey Norman & Bob Belden!
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With Todd Zywicki, Casey Norman & Bob Belden!
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Short Circuit 399 | Weekend at Humphrey’s - Institute for Justice
It’s Short Circuit Live from Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University with a D.C. Circuit special! We review opinions from a court that […]
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October 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Our Latest Podcast: Weekend at Humphrey's
With Todd Zywicki, Casey Norman & Bob Belden!
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With Todd Zywicki, Casey Norman & Bob Belden!
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Our Latest Newsletter: Rebellion, bullet control, and vulgarity cloaked in euphemism.
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Rebellion, bullet control, and vulgarity cloaked in euphemism. - Institute for Justice
At IJ’s Center for Judicial Engagement, we’ve long argued that having judges who can say “no” to the executive branch are a crucial, necessary condition […]
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October 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Our Latest Newsletter: Rebellion, bullet control, and vulgarity cloaked in euphemism.
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Our Latest Podcast: Religious Fact Checks.
With Christian Lansinger Matt Liles!
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With Christian Lansinger Matt Liles!
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Can your boss “fact check” your religion? | Short Circuit 398
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October 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Our Latest Podcast: Religious Fact Checks.
With Christian Lansinger Matt Liles!
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With Christian Lansinger Matt Liles!
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The last episode of Bound By Oath, Season 3 is out! How the federal government and the courts have prevented Native Americans from exercising their property rights, and how they used property rights long before Europeans came to their land.
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Indian Country | Season 3, Ep. 14 - Institute for Justice
In our final episode of the season, we head to Indian Country and survey several strands of Supreme Court precedent that prevent Native Americans from […]
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October 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The last episode of Bound By Oath, Season 3 is out! How the federal government and the courts have prevented Native Americans from exercising their property rights, and how they used property rights long before Europeans came to their land.
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Our Latest Podcast: Supreme Court Preview from UNC
With Sheldon Gilbert, Andy Hessick Justin Pearson!
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With Sheldon Gilbert, Andy Hessick Justin Pearson!
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Short Circuit 397 | Supreme Court Preview from UNC - Institute for Justice
Dropping on First Monday, the Supreme Court’s first day of the October 2025 term, it’s our annual Supreme Court preview, recorded live at the University […]
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October 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Our Latest Podcast: Supreme Court Preview from UNC
With Sheldon Gilbert, Andy Hessick Justin Pearson!
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With Sheldon Gilbert, Andy Hessick Justin Pearson!
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Our Latest Newsletter: Qualified privileges, unequal conspiracies, and a file in hand.
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Qualified privileges, unequal conspiracies, and a file in hand. - Institute for Justice
New case! Armed, masked ICE agents in Alabama have twice arrested Florida-born U.S. citizen Leo Venegas at work, each time barging onto active construction sites […]
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October 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Our Latest Newsletter: Qualified privileges, unequal conspiracies, and a file in hand.
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Our Latest Podcast: Felony for taking a gun across country when you haven’t (yet) been convicted?
With Daniel Nelson & Dylan Moore!
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With Daniel Nelson & Dylan Moore!
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Felony for taking a gun across country when you haven’t (yet) been convicted? | Short Circuit 396
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October 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Our Latest Podcast: Felony for taking a gun across country when you haven’t (yet) been convicted?
With Daniel Nelson & Dylan Moore!
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With Daniel Nelson & Dylan Moore!
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What's your favorite part of the Constitution? Anything in it you would change? @ij.org's John Wrench, Diana Simpson & @pjaicomo.bsky.social provide schmooze you can use on the latest Unpublished Opinions.
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Unpublished Opinions 18 | Picking Favorites - Institute for Justice
Constitution Day might have been September 17, but Diana, Patrick, and John are still celebrating. From the insight that rights come before—not from—the government, to […]
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September 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
What's your favorite part of the Constitution? Anything in it you would change? @ij.org's John Wrench, Diana Simpson & @pjaicomo.bsky.social provide schmooze you can use on the latest Unpublished Opinions.
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Our Latest Podcast: Won't You Take Me To YIMBYTown?
Recorded before a live audience at @yimbytown.bsky.social 2025! With @profschleich.bsky.social @andrewdfine.bsky.social & Ari Bargil of @ij.org!
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Recorded before a live audience at @yimbytown.bsky.social 2025! With @profschleich.bsky.social @andrewdfine.bsky.social & Ari Bargil of @ij.org!
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September 26, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Our Latest Podcast: Won't You Take Me To YIMBYTown?
Recorded before a live audience at @yimbytown.bsky.social 2025! With @profschleich.bsky.social @andrewdfine.bsky.social & Ari Bargil of @ij.org!
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Recorded before a live audience at @yimbytown.bsky.social 2025! With @profschleich.bsky.social @andrewdfine.bsky.social & Ari Bargil of @ij.org!
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Our Latest Podcast: Censoring journalists when drivers pull stunts and fire guns at intersections?
With @paulmsherman.bsky.social & Joe Gay!
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With @paulmsherman.bsky.social & Joe Gay!
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Censoring journalists when drivers pull stunts and fire guns at intersections? | Short Circuit 394
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September 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Our Latest Podcast: Censoring journalists when drivers pull stunts and fire guns at intersections?
With @paulmsherman.bsky.social & Joe Gay!
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With @paulmsherman.bsky.social & Joe Gay!
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@yimbytown.bsky.social starts tomorrow in New Haven! Short Circuit Live is on Monday at 11am. Come by for the latest cases and our wonderful guests, stick around for free Short Circuit swag.
Short Circuit is coming to @yimbytown.bsky.social! A live podcast recording w/ @profschleich.bsky.social @andrewdfine.bsky.social Ari Bargil & @ijsanders.bsky.social in New Haven, CT on Sept 15. We'll highlight recent housing cases & where courts are on allowing people to build housing.
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September 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
@yimbytown.bsky.social starts tomorrow in New Haven! Short Circuit Live is on Monday at 11am. Come by for the latest cases and our wonderful guests, stick around for free Short Circuit swag.
Our Latest Newsletter: Big game hunts, Victorian London, and those trendy Trader Joe’s bags.
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Big game hunts, Victorian London, and those trendy Trader Joe's bags. - Institute for Justice
Where’s the (cultivated) beef? Not in Texas. Starting September 1, it is illegal to sell cultivated meat—meat grown directly from animal cells—in the Lone Star […]
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September 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Our Latest Newsletter: Big game hunts, Victorian London, and those trendy Trader Joe’s bags.
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Our Latest Podcast: As Maine Goes So Goes the Constitution.
With Carol Garvan of @aclumaine.bsky.social & Daniel Woislaw!
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With Carol Garvan of @aclumaine.bsky.social & Daniel Woislaw!
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September 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Our Latest Podcast: As Maine Goes So Goes the Constitution.
With Carol Garvan of @aclumaine.bsky.social & Daniel Woislaw!
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With Carol Garvan of @aclumaine.bsky.social & Daniel Woislaw!
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