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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

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Booze-Sniffing Dogs and Immigration Detentions | Short Circuit 418
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Our Latest Podcast: ICE Detentions and Booze-Sniffing Dogs

With Rob Frommer & Jaba Tsistuashvili!

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06.03.2026 22:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Lies, damned lies, and statutes of limitations. - Institute for Justice Friends, we invite you to a stellar little event we’re hosting on β€œThe Other Declarations of 1776.” As part of the nationwide celebration of 250 […]

Our Latest Newsletter: Lies, damned lies, and statutes of limitations.

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06.03.2026 20:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Unripe septics, unripe Commandments, and technological advances. - Institute for Justice Victory! This week, S.D. Iowa rejected a mayor and police chief’s invocations of qualified immunity (and the Nuremberg defense) and handed a big win on […]

Thank you for the head's up! Link should be fixed now on last week's newsletter's page.

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05.03.2026 19:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Unripe septics, unripe Commandments, and technological advances. - Institute for Justice Victory! This week, S.D. Iowa rejected a mayor and police chief’s invocations of qualified immunity (and the Nuremberg defense) and handed a big win on […]

Our Latest Newsletter: Unripe septics, unripe Commandments, and technological advances.

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27.02.2026 21:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Our Latest Podcast: Settling with Spicy Chicken

With Patrick Eckler & Bert Gall!

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You have to pay for the steak but the Short Circuit swag is free.

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An empty whiskey bottle, a rat in the crosshairs, and the nightmares of HR managers - Institute for Justice Registration is ongoing for IJ’s upcoming conference β€œThe Other Declarations of 1776.” As part of the nationwide celebration of 250 Years of America, we’re partnering […]

Our Latest Newsletter: An empty whiskey bottle, a rat in the crosshairs, and the nightmares of HR managers

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20.02.2026 20:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Kansas cops prolonging stops while looking for weed | Short Circuit 416
Kansas cops prolonging stops while looking for weed | Short Circuit 416 YouTube video by Short Circuit

Our Latest Podcast: Kansas traffic stop searches and California right to bear arms (knives edition).

With @jaredmcclain.bsky.social & Nick DeBenedetto!

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20.02.2026 17:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Shooting in a car, discrimination in the air, and injuries at sea. - Institute for Justice Famously, the First Amendment protects our right to talk. And laws limiting that right based on the content of the talking are, well, content-based. But […]

Our Latest Newsletter: Shooting in a car, discrimination in the air, and injuries at sea.

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13.02.2026 20:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Short Circuit 415 | Originalism at Stanford - Institute for Justice 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 […]

Our Latest Podcast: Originalism at Stanford

With @jgienapp.bsky.social @orinkerr.bsky.social & Jud Campbell!

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13.02.2026 18:42 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3
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Arkansas tooth picks, selective schools, and inconsistent travel plans. - Institute for Justice Where there is a right, there is also a legal remedy when that right is invadedβ€”unless federal agents violate the Constitution. Over at The Unpopulist, […]

Our Latest Newsletter: Arkansas tooth picks, selective schools, and inconsistent travel plans.

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06.02.2026 20:33 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Should you sue YouTube or work with it? | Short Circuit 414
Should you sue YouTube or work with it? | Short Circuit 414 YouTube video by Short Circuit

Our Latest Podcast: What do Napster and YouTube have in common? This lawsuit

With Dan Knepper & Sophia Henderson!

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06.02.2026 17:34 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Unpublished Opinions 22 | The Lorax Doctrine - Institute for Justice John Wrench welcomes Josh Windham and Kirby Thomas West for a gameshow episode that proves Schiller’s insight that one becomes fully human through play. A […]

It's the latest episode of Unpublished Opinions, our roundtable (or is it a triangle?) podcast. With Kirby Thomas West, Josh Windham & John Wrench!

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03.02.2026 19:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Modest markups, shotgun pleadings, and the Kansas Two-Step - Institute for Justice Happy 250th! IJ is excited to celebrate America’s Big 250 but in our own way. We’re partnering with the Liberty & Law Center at Scalia […]

Our Latest Newsletter: Modest markups, shotgun pleadings, and the Kansas Two-Step

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30.01.2026 20:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Our Latest Podcast: Economic Freedom, History, and Tradition.

With John Wrench, Kenneth Rosen, Jonathan Green, and Ryan Snyder!

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30.01.2026 18:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In this week's show we also begin a new series: #12Months12Circuits. Each month for the next 12 we'll spend just a few minutes of a podcast with details on one of the various circuits. We start, of course, with the First.

(And yes, we'll squeeze the Federal Circuit in as well.)

23.01.2026 20:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sensitive places, reasonable arguments, and volcanic fiduciary relationships. - Institute for Justice New case: Last year, Portland, Me. police sent SWAT to apprehend a teen suspected of stealing cologne and shoes from a house party, even though […]

Our Latest Newsletter: Sensitive places, reasonable arguments, and volcanic fiduciary relationships.

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23.01.2026 20:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Internal police investigations say β€œnothing to see here” in discrimination case | Short Circuit 412
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Our Latest podcast: Internal police investigations say β€œnothing to see here” in discrimination case

With Kirby Thomas West & Carl Wu!

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23.01.2026 17:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

And we discussed this one on our podcast this week!

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16.01.2026 19:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Our Latest Podcast: Don't Forget Your Receipt

With Riley Grace Borden & Marco Vasquez!

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16.01.2026 18:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Top Gun, official acts, and atrial fibrillation. - Institute for Justice Hot dang! This week, the Arizona Supreme Court agreed to hear an IJ economic liberty case that asks whether the state constitution protects the right […]

Our Latest Newsletter: Top Gun, official acts, and atrial fibrillation.

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09.01.2026 20:33 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We recorded this pod a month ago knowing it would be released today, the anniversary of the start of Joan of Arc’s trial. We did not then know about @theresthistory.bsky.social's Jeanne la pucelle series. Still, for the full story, you could give them a listen too.

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09.01.2026 18:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Joan of Arc and Qualified Immunity | Short Circuit 410
Joan of Arc and Qualified Immunity | Short Circuit 410 YouTube video by Short Circuit

Our Latest Podcast: Joan of Arc and Qualified Immunity

With @detahmineh.bsky.social & Benjamin Marsh!

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09.01.2026 18:31 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Flashing blue lights, veteran housing, and DEI trainings. - Institute for Justice Papers, please. IJ Senior Attorney Anya Bidwell comments on the lack of accountability for federal police over at The New Republic, in Radley Balko’s piece […]

Our Latest Newsletter: Flashing blue lights, veteran housing, and DEI trainings.

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02.01.2026 20:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Our Latest Podcast: Obviously Unconstitutional

With @ecruikshank.bsky.social of @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social and Sam Weiss of @rightsbehind.bsky.social!

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02.01.2026 18:33 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And coming on Friday, April 10 in Arlington, Virginia. #1776AndAllThat

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01.01.2026 16:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Citizen flag poles, mega-appeals, and land acknowledgments. - Institute for Justice New cert petition: Starting in 2011, then-16-year-old Hamdi Mohamud spent over two years in prison on bogus charges fabricated by a St. Paul police officer. […]

Our Latest Newsletter: Citizen flag poles, mega-appeals, and land acknowledgments.

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26.12.2025 22:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Property owners cannot go on their own beach during COVID | Short Circuit 408
Property owners cannot go on their own beach during COVID | Short Circuit 408 YouTube video by Short Circuit

Our Latest Podcast: Property owners can't go on their own beach during the pandemic

With Diana Simpson & An Altik!

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26.12.2025 17:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Horseracing integrity, beneficial owners, and bills of attainder. - Institute for Justice New cert petition: In 2014, federal task force officers beat up an innocent college student whom they’d mistaken for a suspect. But the Sixth Circuit […]

Our Latest Newsletter: Horseracing integrity, beneficial owners, and bills of attainder.

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19.12.2025 20:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Our Latest Podcast: Master Thespians.

How does a theater background help make one a better lawyer? We talk to former IJ Clinic Assistant Director James Joseph & IJ Deputy Director of Litigation Bob McNamara.

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