Short Circuit

Recent Episodes

Short Circuit 368 | Flipping the Bird

Posted March 21, 2025 • 00:39:57

Is stretching out one’s middle finger at the police protected by the First Amendment? And whether it is or not, can the police trump up charges and...

Short Circuit 367 | The Police Power

Posted March 14, 2025 • 00:54:47

Often in old constitutional cases you see judges of yonder years invoking this mysterious substance called “the police power.” It’s something...

Short Circuit 366 | I Love You But Can’t

Posted March 7, 2025 • 00:45:38

What’s the difference between a campaign contribution and a bribe? More than the Sixth Circuit seemed to think. Or so argues Paul Sherman of IJ about...

Short Circuit 365 | I Like Old Property

Posted February 28, 2025 • 01:01:37

A long-time friend of the Institute for Justice, Robert Thomas, joins us this week. For years he’s litigated property rights cases across the country,...

Short Circuit 364 | Big Bats

Posted February 21, 2025 • 00:46:19

Everyone agrees we need to build more homes. But what if those homes are going to be in your backyard? For some reason that possibility often leads...