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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

Short Circuit 223 | Clerks and Harassment

33 mins; June 10, 2022

Short Circuit 222 | Live at IJ’s Law Student Conference

36 mins; June 06, 2022

Short Circuit 221 | The Big Mac

31 mins; May 26, 2022

Short Circuit 220 | Timing Is Everything

31 mins; May 19, 2022

Short Circuit 219 | Threading the Federal Courts

44 mins; May 11, 2022

Short Circuit 218 | Because the Supreme Court Did Some Things It Did

39 mins; May 06, 2022

Short Circuit 217 | Hunting for Free Speech Truffles

35 mins; April 29, 2022

Episode 216 | Sovereign Immunity and NIMBY Neighbors

42 mins; April 20, 2022

Episode 215 | You Say Habeas I Say Mandamus

52 mins; April 14, 2022

Episode 214 | Short Circuit Live returns to the D.C. Circuit

61 hours 12 mins; April 08, 2022

Short Circuit 213 | Antitrust Smiles and Judgment Frowns

34 mins; March 31, 2022

Short Circuit 212 | Lehto’s Law

39 mins; March 24, 2022

Short Circuit 211 | Cohen the Police

39 mins; March 17, 2022

Short Circuit 210 | Grand Juries and IRS Interpretations

41 mins; March 11, 2022

Short Circuit 208 | The Government Is Special

46 mins; February 25, 2022

Short Circuit 207 | West Coast Hits

39 mins; February 17, 2022

Short Circuit 206 | 50 Shades of Government Immunity

46 mins; February 09, 2022

Short Circuit 205 | Foreign Divorces

29 mins; February 04, 2022

Short Circuit 204 | Contracts and Blood Spatters

26 mins; January 28, 2022

Short Circuit 203 | I Have No Idea What’s Going On

40 mins; January 21, 2022

Short Circuit 202 | Rules for Traffic Stops

0 secs; January 13, 2022

Short Circuit 201 | The Fifth Circuit: It’s Complicated

45 mins; January 06, 2022

Short Circuit 200 | Origins

0 secs; December 17, 2021

Short Circuit 199 | The Right Not To Be Framed and It’s Greek To Me

0 secs; December 09, 2021

Short Circuit 198 | International Trade and Standing for Guns

0 secs; December 02, 2021

Short Circuit 197 | No Vehicles in the Park Remix

0 secs; November 19, 2021

Short Circuit 196 | 50 Years of “Our Federalism”

0 secs; November 12, 2021

Short Circuit 195 | Pride and Prejudice in Prison

0 secs; October 28, 2021

Short Circuit 194 | Arboreal Takings and the Sidewalks of New York

0 secs; October 21, 2021

Short Circuit 193 | Hamilton Singing Fire in a Crowded Theater

0 secs; October 15, 2021

Short Circuit 192 | Standing Up for a Dollar

31 mins; October 08, 2021

Short Circuit 191: Judicial Activism for Reals

0 secs; October 01, 2021

Short Circuit 190: A Crime a Day in Prison

0 secs; September 23, 2021

Short Circuit 189 | Supreme Court Preview, OT 2021

0 secs; September 17, 2021

Short Circuit 188 | Chalked Tires and the Other ACA

44 mins; September 02, 2021

Short Circuit 186 | Chillin’ With Uber

26 mins; August 12, 2021

Short Circuit 185 | Guns and Football

0 secs; August 05, 2021

Short Circuit 184 | California Constitutional Dreaming

0 secs; July 28, 2021

Short Circuit 183 | Expectations of Surveillance

0 secs; July 23, 2021

Short Circuit 182 | Putting the Protection in “Equal Protection”

37 mins; July 15, 2021

Short Circuit 181 | Mandatory Associations

0 secs; July 08, 2021

Short Circuit 180 | A Fifth of Qualified Immunity

0 secs; July 02, 2021

Short Circuit 179 | Taking Bees with the Police Power

0 secs; June 24, 2021

Short Circuit 178 | First Amendment Home Design

0 secs; June 17, 2021

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

41 mins; June 11, 2021

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

32 mins; June 04, 2021

Short Circuit 175 | Tax Takings and Reservation Creation

0 secs; May 28, 2021

Short Circuit 174 | The Right to “Bear” Arms

41 mins; May 21, 2021

Short Circuit 173 | Public Accommodations and High Speed Snaps

0 secs; May 13, 2021

Short Circuit 172 | Confronting Cook County Corruption

0 secs; April 30, 2021

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

58 mins; April 22, 2021

Short Circuit 170 | A Hot Mess and Seven Magic Words

0 secs; April 15, 2021

Short Circuit 169 | The Duct Tape of Federal Law

0 secs; April 09, 2021

Short Circuit 168 | Suspicious Handshakes and Football Prayers

0 secs; April 01, 2021

Short Circuit 167 | Section 230 and a Drones Search

46 mins; March 26, 2021

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

0 secs; March 18, 2021

Short Circuit 165 | Orphaned Precedent

0 secs; March 09, 2021

Short Circuit 164 | Bad Cop Records and Suspicionless Searches

0 secs; March 03, 2021

Short Circuit 163 | The Law of Johnny 5 Is Alive

0 secs; February 19, 2021

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

0 secs; February 12, 2021

Short Circuit 161 | A Honkload of Stateless Cocaine

0 secs; February 04, 2021

Short Circuit 160 | The Dominion of Giuliani and Citizenship Receptions

0 secs; January 29, 2021

Short Circuit 159: The Sub-Rational Basis Test

0 secs; January 22, 2021

Short Circuit 158 | Privileges or Immunities and Consent Decrees

0 secs; January 14, 2021

Short Circuit 157 | State Constitutionalists Are the Veterinarians of Law

0 secs; January 07, 2021

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

0 secs; December 23, 2020

Short Circuit 155 | Only 160 Felonies

0 secs; December 10, 2020

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

0 secs; November 30, 2020

Short Circuit 153 | The Wire and Dairy Cows

0 secs; November 12, 2020

Short Circuit 152: Election Law 2020 Special

0 secs; October 29, 2020

Short Circuit 151 | Lifetime Leases and Butterflies on Walls

0 secs; October 22, 2020

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

0 secs; October 08, 2020

Short Circuit 149 | Supreme Court Preview for Tar Heels

0 secs; October 02, 2020

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

44 mins; September 17, 2020

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

0 secs; September 10, 2020

Short Circuit 146 (9/4/20)

0 secs; September 04, 2020

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

29 mins; August 27, 2020

Short Circuit 144 | PACER Charges and Publicly Charged Universal Injunctions

0 secs; August 14, 2020

Short Circuit 143 (8/7/20)

0 secs; August 06, 2020

Short Circuit 142 (7/31/20)

0 secs; July 30, 2020

Short Circuit 141 (7/24/20)

0 secs; July 23, 2020

Short Circuit 140

0 secs; July 15, 2020

Short Circuit 139 (6/26/20)

0 secs; June 26, 2020

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

0 secs; June 18, 2020

Short Circuit 137 (6/12/20)

0 secs; June 12, 2020

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

0 secs; June 02, 2020

Short Circuit 135 (5/28/20)

0 secs; May 28, 2020

Short Circuit 134 (5/15/20)

0 secs; May 15, 2020

Short Circuit 133 (5/7/20)

0 secs; May 07, 2020

Short Circuit 132 (5/1/20)

0 secs; May 01, 2020

Short Circuit 131 (4/24/20)

0 secs; April 24, 2020

Short Circuit 130 (4/21/20)

0 secs; April 21, 2020

Short Circuit 129 (4/14/20)

0 secs; April 14, 2020

Short Circuit 128 (4/9/20)

35 mins; April 09, 2020

Short Circuit 127 (4/3/20)

0 secs; April 01, 2020

Short Circuit 126 (3/26/20)

0 secs; March 26, 2020

Short Circuit 125 (3/13/20)

0 secs; March 13, 2020

Short Circuit 124: Live at UGA Law

0 secs; February 28, 2020

Ep. 9: Excessive Fines

0 secs; February 20, 2020

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