Short Circuit

By 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. http://ij.org/short-circuit

Episode Date
Short Circuit 433 | Bond Hearing Without Lawyer
Jun 19, 2026
Short Circuit 432 | Moth-Eaten Precedent
Jun 12, 2026
Short Circuit 431 | Hard but not Impossible
Jun 05, 2026
Short Circuit 430 | Stateless in Seattle
May 29, 2026
Short Circuit 429 | A Fifth of Circuit
May 22, 2026
Short Circuit 428 | Shopping With Roy Moore
May 15, 2026
Short Circuit 427 | Michigander Administrations
May 08, 2026
Short Circuit 426 | Vaccinated Home Distilling
May 01, 2026
Short Circuit 425 | Live from Penn Law!
Apr 24, 2026
Short Circuit 424 | Juries for Securities
Apr 17, 2026
Short Circuit 423 | Civil Forfeiture Flowcharts
Apr 10, 2026
Short Circuit 422 | My Name is Pastor Jennings
Apr 03, 2026
Short Circuit 421 | What’s Your Favorite Circuit?
Mar 27, 2026
Short Circuit 420 | A Lease for the Girlfriend
Mar 20, 2026
Short Circuit 419 | Inspecting Your Business
Mar 13, 2026
Short Circuit 418 | ICE Detention and Booze-Sniffing Dogs
Mar 06, 2026
Short Circuit 417 | Settling with Spicy Chicken
Feb 27, 2026
Short Circuit 416 | Kansas Two-Steps
Feb 20, 2026
Short Circuit 415 | Originalism at Stanford
Feb 13, 2026
Short Circuit 414 | Should You Sue YouTube or Work With It?
Feb 06, 2026
Short Circuit 413 | Economic Freedom, History, and Tradition
Jan 30, 2026
Short Circuit 412 | “Nothing to see here”
Jan 23, 2026
Short Circuit 411 | Don’t Forget Your Receipt
Jan 16, 2026
Short Circuit 410 | Joan of Arc and Qualified Immunity
Jan 09, 2026
Short Circuit 409 | Obviously Unconstitutional
Jan 02, 2026
Short Circuit 408 | Get Off My Beach
Dec 26, 2025
Short Circuit 407 | Master Thespians
Dec 19, 2025
Short Circuit 406 | Forfeiture Oopsies
Dec 12, 2025
Short Circuit 405 | Judges as Employers
Dec 05, 2025
Short Circuit 404 | A Permit to Pray?
Nov 28, 2025
Short Circuit 403 | Strict Liability for Civil Rights Violations
Nov 21, 2025
Short Circuit 402 | They Very Rarely Involve Murder
Nov 14, 2025
Short Circuit 401 | Government Fails Rational Basis Test for Once
Nov 07, 2025
Short Circuit 400 | Is Sharing Your Password a Federal Crime?
Oct 31, 2025
Short Circuit 399 | Weekend at Humphrey’s
Oct 24, 2025
Short Circuit 398 | Religious Fact Checks
Oct 17, 2025
Short Circuit 397 | Supreme Court Preview from UNC
Oct 06, 2025
Short Circuit 396 | Voting and Carrying in History
Oct 03, 2025
Short Circuit 395 | Won’t You Take Me To YIMBYTown?
Sep 26, 2025
Short Circuit 394 | Speech Over Licensing
Sep 19, 2025
Short Circuit 393 | As Goes Maine So Goes the Constitution
Sep 12, 2025
Short Circuit 392 | The NFL Commissioner Decides
Sep 05, 2025
Short Circuit 391 | 7th Circuit Judicial Conference
Aug 29, 2025
Short Circuit 390 | Kangaroo Courts
Aug 22, 2025
Short Circuit 389 | On Walden Fourth Amendment
Aug 15, 2025
Short Circuit 388 | Crazy Fast Speeds
Aug 08, 2025
Short Circuit 387 | The Business of Baseball
Aug 01, 2025
Short Circuit 386 | Lehto’s License Plates
Jul 25, 2025
Short Circuit 385 | Pyramid Power
Jul 18, 2025
Short Circuit 384 | Metering Constitutional Rights
Jul 11, 2025
Short Circuit 383 | Rock ‘n’ Roll Yoga
Jul 04, 2025
Short Circuit 382 | Beard Law
Jun 27, 2025
Short Circuit 381 | Charo on the Tonight Show
Jun 20, 2025
Short Circuit 380 | Homicide by Bath
Jun 13, 2025
Short Circuit 379 | Tariff Bazookas
Jun 06, 2025
Short Circuit 378 | Come and Take It
May 30, 2025
Short Circuit 377 | Zen and the Art of the Nondelegation Doctrine
May 23, 2025
Short Circuit 376 | Murder Mysteries
May 16, 2025
Short Circuit 375 | Unsympathetic Clients
May 09, 2025
Short Circuit 374 | Content-Based Dancing
May 02, 2025
Short Circuit 373 | Live from Denver Law!
Apr 25, 2025
Short Circuit 372 | VHS Privacy
Apr 18, 2025
Short Circuit 371 | Ten Years of Short Circuit
Apr 11, 2025
Short Circuit 370 | Humans Only in the Copyright Office
Apr 04, 2025
Short Circuit 369 | Substantive Due Process, The Podcast
Mar 28, 2025
Short Circuit 368 | Flipping the Bird
Mar 21, 2025
Short Circuit 367 | The Police Power
Mar 14, 2025
Short Circuit 366 | I Love You But Can’t
Mar 07, 2025
Short Circuit 365 | I Like Old Property
Feb 28, 2025
Short Circuit 364 | Big Bats
Feb 21, 2025
Short Circuit 363 | The Licensing Racket
Feb 14, 2025
Short Circuit 362 | Boil the Frog to Tear Down the House
Feb 06, 2025
Short Circuit 361 | Reading the Qualified Tea Leaves
Jan 31, 2025
Short Circuit 360 | Weed and Fines
Jan 24, 2025
Short Circuit 359 | Net Neutrality Flip Flops
Jan 17, 2025
Short Circuit 358 | Motte-and-Bailey Game
Jan 10, 2025
Short Circuit 357 | Drama at the City Council Meeting
Jan 03, 2025
Short Circuit 356 | Christmas Sweater Law
Dec 27, 2024
Short Circuit 355 | Civil Rights Reform in the States
Dec 20, 2024
Short Circuit 354 | Grounds Increasingly Dubious
Dec 13, 2024
Short Circuit 353 | Jurisdictional Mavens
Dec 10, 2024
Short Circuit 352 | Misinformation
Nov 29, 2024
Short Circuit 351 | State Court Shenanigans
Nov 22, 2024
Short Circuit 350 | In rem Liechtenstein
Nov 15, 2024
Short Circuit 349 | Wrong Side of the Road
Nov 08, 2024
Short Circuit 348 | Excessive Fines and the IRS
Nov 01, 2024
Short Circuit 347 | Election Law Special
Oct 25, 2024
Short Circuit 346 | Not My Responsibility
Oct 18, 2024
Short Circuit 345 | Supreme Court Preview at UNC!
Oct 11, 2024
Short Circuit 344 | Can a Jury Only Go Up to Eleven?
Oct 04, 2024
Short Circuit 343 | Fourth Amendment Effects
Sep 27, 2024
Short Circuit 342 | Kicked Out of the Libertarian Club?
Sep 20, 2024
Short Circuit 341 | Live from Austin: Local Retaliation
Sep 13, 2024
Short Circuit 340 | No Way to Run a Railroad
Sep 06, 2024
Short Circuit 339 | The Crime of Journalism
Aug 30, 2024
Short Circuit 338 | Geofence Warrants
Aug 23, 2024
Short Circuit 337 | Facebook Comment Board of Appeals
Aug 16, 2024
Short Circuit 336 | Thor’s Seizure
Aug 09, 2024
Short Circuit 335 | Zoning Justice
Aug 02, 2024
Short Circuit 334 | Only Mostly Dead
Jul 26, 2024
Short Circuit 333 | Live at Hogan Lovells!
Jul 18, 2024
Short Circuit 332 | Not-So Government Speech
Jul 11, 2024
Short Circuit 331 | The British Are Coming
Jul 02, 2024
Short Circuit 330 | Pretext Takings
Jun 28, 2024
Short Circuit 329 | Much Ado About Nothing
Jun 22, 2024
Short Circuit 328 | A Modest Proposal
Jun 13, 2024
Short Circuit 327 | Conference Realignment
Jun 06, 2024
Short Circuit 326 | Modesty of Our Lexicographers
May 31, 2024
Short Circuit 325 | This Is a Racket
May 23, 2024
Short Circuit 324 | The Battle for Your Brain
May 16, 2024
Short Circuit 323 | Poor Behavior
May 08, 2024
Short Circuit 322 | Neighbors
May 02, 2024
Short Circuit 321 | A Tale of Two Prisons
Apr 25, 2024
Short Circuit 320 | Spy Cameras
Apr 19, 2024
Short Circuit 319 | Baptism By Venue
Apr 12, 2024
Short Circuit 318 | Is Coding Speech?
Apr 05, 2024
Short Circuit 317 | Live at the University of Virginia!
Mar 29, 2024
Short Circuit 316 | Unaccountable
Mar 22, 2024
Short Circuit 315 | A Day at the Races
Mar 14, 2024
Short Circuit 314 | That’s Gold, Jerry, Gold!
Mar 07, 2024
Short Circuit 313 | Memo From a Robot
Mar 01, 2024
Short Circuit 312 | The Power of FERC
Feb 22, 2024
Short Circuit 311 | SCOTUS Ladies
Feb 14, 2024
Short Circuit 310 | Opening the Vaults
Feb 09, 2024
Short Circuit 309 | O’Scannlain O’Rama
Feb 01, 2024
Short Circuit 308 | Burns Night
Jan 25, 2024
Short Circuit 307 | Working Both Sides of the Bench
Jan 18, 2024
Short Circuit 306 | Widespread Super Cheap Surveillance
Jan 11, 2024
Short Circuit 305 | Rare as Hen’s Teeth
Jan 04, 2024
Short Circuit 304 | The Writing on the Wall
Dec 28, 2023
Short Circuit 303 | Larry McMurtry Fact Pattern
Dec 20, 2023
Short Circuit 302 | Deranged Prosecutor
Dec 14, 2023
Short Circuit 301 | Litigating the Multiverse
Dec 07, 2023
Short Circuit 300 | The Cause of Action Community
Nov 30, 2023
Short Circuit 299 | The Gambler
Nov 22, 2023
Short Circuit 298 | Everything Causes Cancer
Nov 16, 2023
Short Circuit 297 | Working in a Coal Mine with TikTok
Nov 09, 2023
Short Circuit 296 | Parenting Is Hard
Nov 02, 2023
Short Circuit 295 | Nightmare on Law Street
Oct 26, 2023
Short Circuit 294 | A Blast from the Past
Oct 19, 2023
Short Circuit 293 | General Law for the Fourth Amendment
Oct 12, 2023
Short Circuit 292 | Infallible Online
Oct 03, 2023
Short Circuit 291 | Stanford’s Supreme Court Clinic
Sep 28, 2023
Short Circuit 290 | Supreme Court Preview at UNC!
Sep 21, 2023
Short Circuit 289 | Property Rights FTW
Sep 15, 2023
Short Circuit 288 | Nondelegating Warrants
Sep 08, 2023
Short Circuit 287 | Where the Sidewalk Ends
Aug 30, 2023
Short Circuit 286 | Totally Noncontroversial Issues
Aug 25, 2023
Short Circuit 285 | Searching for Something
Aug 18, 2023
Short Circuit 284 | Betting the Election
Aug 11, 2023
Short Circuit 283 | Pennies at a Time
Aug 03, 2023
Short Circuit 282 | Sexy Cops and Decades of Deference
Jul 27, 2023
Short Circuit 281 | Bosom Buddies
Jul 20, 2023
Short Circuit 280 | Something’s Rotten in the State of Bivens
Jul 14, 2023
Short Circuit 279 | Cops on the Beat
Jul 07, 2023
Short Circuit 278 | I’ll Take the Elevator
Jun 30, 2023
Short Circuit 277 | More to Come
Jun 22, 2023
Short Circuit 276 | The Concentration of Powers
Jun 15, 2023
Short Circuit 275 | All Constitutional Law is Procedural Nonsense
Jun 08, 2023
Short Circuit 274 | 100 Years of Meyer v. Nebraska
Jun 02, 2023
Short Circuit 273 | Suing to Apportion Seats
May 25, 2023
Short Circuit 272 | Elizabeth Warren and Jackets
May 18, 2023
Short Circuit 271 | The Cars Greatest Hits
May 11, 2023
Short Circuit 270 | Baby Ninth Amendments
May 05, 2023
Short Circuit 269 | The British Constitution
Apr 27, 2023
Short Circuit 268 | God and Man at Harvard and Yale
Apr 20, 2023
Short Circuit 267 | Take It
Apr 14, 2023
Short Circuit 266 | School Choice Special
Apr 06, 2023
Short Circuit 265 | Time Travel
Mar 30, 2023
Short Circuit 264 | Evicting Innocent People
Mar 23, 2023
Short Circuit 263 | A Three Hour Tour
Mar 14, 2023
Short Circuit 262 | Shielded
Mar 08, 2023
Short Circuit 261 | Live at Southern Methodist University!
Mar 02, 2023
Short Circuit 260 | Unlimited Tariff Power
Feb 23, 2023
Short Circuit 259 | The Rent Is Too Damn High
Feb 17, 2023
Short Circuit 258 | And in en banc news
Feb 10, 2023
Short Circuit 257 | General Google Warrants
Feb 02, 2023
Short Circuit 256 | A Magical Bag of Dope
Jan 26, 2023
Short Circuit 255 | Basic Training
Jan 19, 2023
Short Circuit 254 | Civil Rights Roundup
Jan 13, 2023
Short Circuit 253 | Imaginary Lines
Jan 05, 2023
Short Circuit 252 | 13th Amendment at SCOTUS
Dec 29, 2022
Short Circuit 251 | You Got Insurance?
Dec 22, 2022
12 Days of Short Circuit Christmas
Dec 21, 2022
Short Circuit 250 | Thanksgiving for the Arrest
Dec 16, 2022
Short Circuit 249 | Licensed to Work
Dec 08, 2022
Short Circuit 248 | “I Declare Bankruptcy”
Dec 02, 2022
Short Circuit 247 | Off to the Races
Nov 23, 2022
Short Circuit 246 | The Unholy Trinity
Nov 18, 2022
Short Circuit 245 | A Texas-Sized “And”
Nov 08, 2022
Short Circuit 244 | Election Special 2022
Nov 02, 2022
Short Circuit 243 | Live From New York It’s Short Circuit!
Oct 28, 2022
Short Circuit 242 | CON Law at SCOTUS
Oct 20, 2022
Short Circuit 241 | Pretext for a Traffic Stop
Oct 13, 2022
Short Circuit 240 | Live at Columbia Law!
Oct 07, 2022
Short Circuit 239 | SCOTUS Preview Live from UNC
Sep 30, 2022
Short Circuit 238 | Dude, Where’s My Passport?
Sep 22, 2022
Short Circuit 237 | Live at the University of Montana
Sep 16, 2022
Short Circuit 236 | Constitutions and Common Law
Sep 08, 2022
Short Circuit 235 | Smelly Short-Term Rental Laws
Sep 02, 2022
Short Circuit 234 | Treaties With Tribes
Aug 26, 2022
Short Circuit 233 | Frozen Lawns and Nashville Blues
Aug 22, 2022
Short Circuit 232 | Abolish the Zoning
Aug 09, 2022
Short Circuit 231 | Focus on What Matters
Aug 04, 2022
Short Circuit 230 | Immunities Denied and Federal Court for Trump Prosecution
Jul 28, 2022
Short Circuit 229 | Recording the Police
Jul 22, 2022
Short Circuit 228 | No Portable Signs
Jul 15, 2022
Short Circuit 227 | Salt Mines and Open Fields
Jul 07, 2022
Short Circuit 226 | Short Circuit Live Constitutional GPA
Jul 01, 2022
Short Circuit 225 | Supreme School Choice Victory
Jun 23, 2022
Episode 224 | Cameras on Poles Recording Everything
Jun 16, 2022
Short Circuit 223 | Clerks and Harassment
Jun 10, 2022
Short Circuit 222 | Live at IJ’s Law Student Conference
Jun 06, 2022
Short Circuit 221 | The Big Mac
May 26, 2022
Short Circuit 220 | Timing Is Everything
May 19, 2022
Short Circuit 219 | Threading the Federal Courts
May 11, 2022
Short Circuit 218 | Because the Supreme Court Did Some Things It Did
May 06, 2022
Short Circuit 217 | Hunting for Free Speech Truffles
Apr 29, 2022
Episode 216 | Sovereign Immunity and NIMBY Neighbors
Apr 20, 2022
Episode 215 | You Say Habeas I Say Mandamus
Apr 14, 2022
Episode 214 | Short Circuit Live returns to the D.C. Circuit
Apr 08, 2022
Short Circuit 213 | Antitrust Smiles and Judgment Frowns
Mar 31, 2022
Short Circuit 212 | Lehto’s Law
Mar 24, 2022
Short Circuit 211 | Cohen the Police
Mar 17, 2022
Short Circuit 210 | Grand Juries and IRS Interpretations
Mar 11, 2022
Short Circuit 208 | The Government Is Special
Feb 25, 2022
Short Circuit 207 | West Coast Hits
Feb 17, 2022
Short Circuit 206 | 50 Shades of Government Immunity
Feb 09, 2022
Short Circuit 205 | Foreign Divorces
Feb 04, 2022
Short Circuit 204 | Contracts and Blood Spatters
Jan 28, 2022
Short Circuit 203 | I Have No Idea What’s Going On
Jan 21, 2022
Short Circuit 202 | Rules for Traffic Stops
Jan 13, 2022
Short Circuit 201 | The Fifth Circuit: It’s Complicated
Jan 06, 2022
Short Circuit 200 | Origins
Dec 17, 2021
Short Circuit 199 | The Right Not To Be Framed and It’s Greek To Me
Dec 09, 2021
Short Circuit 198 | International Trade and Standing for Guns
Dec 02, 2021
Short Circuit 197 | No Vehicles in the Park Remix
Nov 19, 2021
Short Circuit 196 | 50 Years of “Our Federalism”
Nov 12, 2021
Short Circuit 195 | Pride and Prejudice in Prison
Oct 28, 2021
Short Circuit 194 | Arboreal Takings and the Sidewalks of New York
Oct 21, 2021
Short Circuit 193 | Hamilton Singing Fire in a Crowded Theater
Oct 15, 2021
Short Circuit 192 | Standing Up for a Dollar
Oct 08, 2021
Short Circuit 191: Judicial Activism for Reals
Oct 01, 2021
Short Circuit 190: A Crime a Day in Prison
Sep 23, 2021
Short Circuit 189 | Supreme Court Preview, OT 2021
Sep 17, 2021
Short Circuit 188 | Chalked Tires and the Other ACA
Sep 02, 2021
Short Circuit 187 | How Binding Is Your Dicta?
Aug 26, 2021
Short Circuit 186 | Chillin’ With Uber
Aug 12, 2021
Short Circuit 185 | Guns and Football
Aug 05, 2021
Short Circuit 184 | California Constitutional Dreaming
Jul 28, 2021
Short Circuit 183 | Expectations of Surveillance
Jul 23, 2021
Short Circuit 182 | Putting the Protection in “Equal Protection”
Jul 15, 2021
Short Circuit 181 | Mandatory Associations
Jul 08, 2021
Short Circuit 180 | A Fifth of Qualified Immunity
Jul 02, 2021
Short Circuit 179 | Taking Bees with the Police Power
Jun 24, 2021
Short Circuit 178 | First Amendment Home Design
Jun 17, 2021
Short Circuit 177 | When Are Judges “Too Cool?”
Jun 11, 2021
Short Circuit 176 | Conjunction Junction, what’s your function?
Jun 04, 2021
Short Circuit 175 | Tax Takings and Reservation Creation
May 28, 2021
Short Circuit 174 | The Right to “Bear” Arms
May 21, 2021
Short Circuit 173 | Public Accommodations and High Speed Snaps
May 13, 2021
Short Circuit 172 | Confronting Cook County Corruption
Apr 30, 2021
Short Circuit 171 | Should Originalists Party Like It’s 1868, not 1791?
Apr 22, 2021
Short Circuit 170 | A Hot Mess and Seven Magic Words
Apr 15, 2021
Short Circuit 169 | The Duct Tape of Federal Law
Apr 09, 2021
Short Circuit 168 | Suspicious Handshakes and Football Prayers
Apr 01, 2021
Short Circuit 167 | Section 230 and a Drones Search
Mar 26, 2021
Short Circuit 166 | To En Banc or Not to En Banc
Mar 18, 2021
Short Circuit 165 | Orphaned Precedent
Mar 09, 2021
Short Circuit 164 | Bad Cop Records and Suspicionless Searches
Mar 03, 2021
Short Circuit 163 | The Law of Johnny 5 Is Alive
Feb 19, 2021
Short Circuit 162 | I Will Get Credit When I Crush You
Feb 12, 2021
Short Circuit 161 | A Honkload of Stateless Cocaine
Feb 04, 2021
Short Circuit 160 | The Dominion of Giuliani and Citizenship Receptions
Jan 29, 2021
Short Circuit 159: The Sub-Rational Basis Test
Jan 22, 2021
Short Circuit 158 | Privileges or Immunities and Consent Decrees
Jan 14, 2021
Short Circuit 157 | State Constitutionalists Are the Veterinarians of Law
Jan 07, 2021
Short Circuit 156 | The Navigable Waters, Recording Cops, and People in Church
Dec 23, 2020
Short Circuit 155 | Only 160 Felonies
Dec 10, 2020
Short Circuit 154 | Class action coupons and a building for Buddhists
Nov 30, 2020
Short Circuit 153 | The Wire and Dairy Cows
Nov 12, 2020
Short Circuit 152: Election Law 2020 Special
Oct 29, 2020
Short Circuit 151 | Lifetime Leases and Butterflies on Walls
Oct 22, 2020
Short Circuit 150 | Vacation rentals, COVID orders, and Electoral College studies
Oct 08, 2020
Short Circuit 149 | Supreme Court Preview for Tar Heels
Oct 02, 2020
Short Circuit 148 | Are Apartments a Nuisance? Private Property and the Rise of Zoning
Sep 17, 2020
Short Circuit 147 | Off-premises signs and an on-premises subpoena
Sep 10, 2020
Short Circuit 146 (9/4/20)
Sep 04, 2020
Short Circuit 145 | Dude, where’s my car? And, campaigning to disclose
Aug 27, 2020
Short Circuit 144 | PACER Charges and Publicly Charged Universal Injunctions
Aug 14, 2020
Short Circuit 143 (8/7/20)
Aug 06, 2020
Short Circuit 142 (7/31/20)
Jul 30, 2020
Short Circuit 141 (7/24/20)
Jul 23, 2020
Short Circuit 140
Jul 15, 2020
Short Circuit 139 (6/26/20)
Jun 26, 2020
Short Circuit 138 (6/18/20)A Bunch of Bad Apples
Jun 18, 2020
Short Circuit 137 (6/12/20)
Jun 12, 2020
Short Circuit 136 (6/2/20) Arguing at the Supreme Court
Jun 02, 2020
Short Circuit 135 (5/28/20)
May 28, 2020
Short Circuit 134 (5/15/20)
May 15, 2020