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Short Circuit 186 | Chillin’ With Uber

Posted August 12, 202100:26:18

Usually a “chill” on your freedom of speech is the easiest constitutional injury to prove. But in the Tenth Circuit it seems if you speak too much...

Short Circuit 185 | Guns and Football

Posted August 5, 2021

More on two of America’s favorite subjects this week. Josh House rejoins us as we analyze six separate opinions about one football coach. Josh last...

Short Circuit 184 | California Constitutional Dreaming

Posted July 28, 2021

On a special Short Circuit we look at the Constitution, and the constitutional history, of the Golden State. With two state constitutions and conventions...

Short Circuit 183 | Expectations of Surveillance

Posted July 23, 2021

The Supreme Court has said a “search” occurs when the police invade your “reasonable expectation of privacy.” So what is a “reasonable expectation”...

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

Posted July 15, 202100:37:28

Today we think of the Equal Protection Clause as requiring equal treatment of the laws. But in addition to anything else it covers, at its core it’s...