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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

Notable Guests

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

Episodes (304)

Short Circuit 427 | Michigander Administrations

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Short Circuit 426 | Vaccinated Home Distilling

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Short Circuit 425 | Live from Penn Law!

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Short Circuit 424 | Juries for Securities

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Short Circuit 423 | Civil Forfeiture Flowcharts

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Short Circuit 422 | My Name is Pastor Jennings

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Short Circuit 421 | What’s Your Favorite Circuit?

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Short Circuit 420 | A Lease for the Girlfriend

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Short Circuit 419 | Inspecting Your Business

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Short Circuit 418 | ICE Detention and Booze-Sniffing Dogs

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Short Circuit 417 | Settling with Spicy Chicken

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Short Circuit 416 | Kansas Two-Steps

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Short Circuit 415 | Originalism at Stanford

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Short Circuit 414 | Should You Sue YouTube or Work With It?

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Short Circuit 413 | Economic Freedom, History, and Tradition

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Short Circuit 412 | “Nothing to see here”

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Short Circuit 411 | Don’t Forget Your Receipt

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Short Circuit 410 | Joan of Arc and Qualified Immunity

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Short Circuit 409 | Obviously Unconstitutional

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Short Circuit 408 | Get Off My Beach

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Short Circuit 407 | Master Thespians

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Short Circuit 406 | Forfeiture Oopsies

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Short Circuit 405 | Judges as Employers

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Short Circuit 404 | A Permit to Pray?

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Short Circuit 403 | Strict Liability for Civil Rights Violations

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Short Circuit 402 | They Very Rarely Involve Murder

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Short Circuit 401 | Government Fails Rational Basis Test for Once

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Short Circuit 400 | Is Sharing Your Password a Federal Crime?

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Short Circuit 399 | Weekend at Humphrey’s

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Short Circuit 398 | Religious Fact Checks

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Short Circuit 397 | Supreme Court Preview from UNC

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Short Circuit 396 | Voting and Carrying in History

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Short Circuit 395 | Won’t You Take Me To YIMBYTown?

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Short Circuit 394 | Speech Over Licensing

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Short Circuit 393 | As Goes Maine So Goes the Constitution

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Short Circuit 392 | The NFL Commissioner Decides

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Short Circuit 391 | 7th Circuit Judicial Conference

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Short Circuit 390 | Kangaroo Courts

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Short Circuit 389 | On Walden Fourth Amendment

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Short Circuit 388 | Crazy Fast Speeds

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Short Circuit 387 | The Business of Baseball

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Short Circuit 386 | Lehto’s License Plates

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Short Circuit 385 | Pyramid Power

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Short Circuit 384 | Metering Constitutional Rights

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Short Circuit 383 | Rock ‘n’ Roll Yoga

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Short Circuit 382 | Beard Law

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Short Circuit 381 | Charo on the Tonight Show

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Short Circuit 380 | Homicide by Bath

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Short Circuit 379 | Tariff Bazookas

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Short Circuit 378 | Come and Take It

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