Short Circuit

Recent Episodes

Short Circuit 191: Judicial Activism for Reals

Posted October 1, 2021 •

Frustrated with the deeply complicated issue of homelessness on Los Angeles’s skid row, a district court took the law into its own hands and ordered...

Short Circuit 190: A Crime a Day in Prison

Posted September 23, 2021 •

Mike Chase, author of “How to Become a Federal Criminal” and the man behind the @CrimeADay Twitter account, joins us to lay out the Eighth Circuit’s...

Short Circuit 189 | Supreme Court Preview, OT 2021

Posted September 17, 2021 •

For the fifth year in a row the Center for Judicial Engagement travels to the University of North Carolina School of Law to preview the upcoming Supreme...

Short Circuit 188 | Chalked Tires and the Other ACA

Posted September 2, 2021 • 00:44:25

Ever rolled your tires to try and cover up the meter maid’s chalk mark? No, me neither . . . But even if you haven’t, you might not have to worry...

Short Circuit 187 | How Binding Is Your Dicta?

Posted August 26, 2021 •

The Third Circuit allowed a Second Amendment case challenging Robinson Township’s new zoning ordinance to proceed. Did they town change their zoning...