Short Circuit

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Short Circuit 166 | To En Banc or Not to En Banc

Posted March 18, 2021

The 10th Circuit just can’t make up its mind. You might say it doesn’t know a hawk from a handsaw. Listen to a tale from IJ attorney Jeff Redfern...

Short Circuit 165 | Orphaned Precedent

Posted March 9, 2021

How much power does the CDC have during the pandemic? Surprisingly, that was not the issue before a district court considering the constitutionality...

Short Circuit 164 | Bad Cop Records and Suspicionless Searches

Posted March 3, 2021

New York police disciplinary records were a black box, until the state changed the law. Then the union sued to keep the lid on—but lost. We speak...

Short Circuit 163 | The Law of Johnny 5 Is Alive

Posted February 19, 2021

For once living up to the 1980s-movie-sense of our name, we’re talking about robots. How should the law treat robots? What do we analogize to, the...

Short Circuit 162 | I Will Get Credit When I Crush You

Posted February 12, 2021

If you’re the State, what do you get when you put money owed to a prisoner in a special account, and then take most of that money out for yourself?...