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Recent Episodes

Short Circuit 310 | Opening the Vaults

Posted February 9, 2024 • 00:46:57

The Ninth Circuit recently had some pretty harsh words for the FBI’s egregious behavior when the Bureau decided to crack open some vaults in Los Angeles....

Unpublished Opinions 5 | Legal Fictions

Posted February 5, 2024 • 01:28:49

It’s the latest episode of Unpublished Opinions, a Short Circuit podcast (but not actually Short Circuit). This is the podcast where Institute for...

Short Circuit 309 | O’Scannlain O’Rama

Posted January 31, 2024 • 00:59:04

It’s a clerk reunion this week, at least for two former clerks of Judge Diarmuid O’Scannlain of the Ninth Circuit. We welcome back David Lat of...

Short Circuit 308 | Burns Night

Posted January 25, 2024 • 00:44:56

A more poetic Short Circuit this week. Coinciding with his birthday, January 25th, and with the phenomenon that it is these days, we pay homage to Scotland’s...

Short Circuit 307 | Working Both Sides of the Bench

Posted January 18, 2024 • 00:40:56

An “utterly bonkers” case this week. Jaba Tsitsuashvili, attorney at IJ and attorney for his client Erma Wilson, tells us about the Fifth Circuit’s...