Short Circuit Podcast
1) Short Circuit 419 | Inspecting Your Business
We welcome on Sam MacRoberts of the Kansas Justice Institute for an inspection of the Fourth Amendment. Sam is the General Counsel and Litigation Director of KJI where he does things like sue the gove...Show More
2) Short Circuit 418 | ICE Detention and Booze-Sniffing Dogs
If you’ve ever wondered if a sniff is a search, IJ’s Rob Frommer has you covered on this week’s episode. Well, he has you covered in explaining how the law is all over the place on the subject. Rob te...Show More
3) Short Circuit 417 | Settling with Spicy Chicken
Litigation is a risky business. Borrowing tens of millions of dollars to win a lawsuit is even more risky. And it turns out makes settling a case especially difficult. Patrick Eckler, Chicago attorney...Show More
4) Short Circuit 416 | Kansas Two-Steps
In Colorado marijuana is legal under state law. In Kansas it is not. This had led Kansan police officers to stop a lot of cars with out-of-state plates. And after they stop the cars they come up with ...Show More
5) Short Circuit 415 | Originalism at Stanford
An all-star conversation among Stanford professors, recorded live before Stanford students, about originalism and how it interacts with recent cases from the federal courts of appeals. Anya Bidwell ho...Show More
6) Short Circuit 414 | Should You Sue YouTube or Work With It?
If you own rights to movies or shows and would prefer them to not end up on YouTube for free this is an episode for you. Dan Knepper of IJ explains how the owner of some classic Mexican films tried to...Show More
7) Short Circuit 413 | Economic Freedom, History, and Tradition
IJ’s John Wrench journeys to New Orleans to chat with some legal scholars on their recent work on all kinds of IJ-adjacent questions, especially as they relate to the American Founding. This includes ...Show More
8) Short Circuit 412 | “Nothing to see here”
Lovers of municipal crime and corruption—and internal affairs departments not doing their jobs—may enjoy the stories this week from Detroit and Baltimore. First, Kirby Thomas West of IJ reports on a S...Show More
9) Short Circuit 411 | Don’t Forget Your Receipt
When you pay your bail money it’s a good practice to get a receipt. A woman in Mississippi found that out the hard way when she was arrested on pretty shaky grounds and then told she had to pay up or ...Show More
10) Short Circuit 410 | Joan of Arc and Qualified Immunity
What does qualified immunity have to do with Joan of Arc? Released on the anniversary of the start of her trial, this episode examines that question—from “the French perspective”—with two tales of qua...Show More