Short Circuit

Ep. 5 Tangled: The Equal Protection Clause

After the Civil War, what many Americans needed most was protection from violence. That’s what the Equal Protection Clause was meant to guarantee,...

Short Circuit 107 (3/22/19)

Police theft, forfeiture pleading standards, and fetal tissue transfers.

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Ep. 4: The Navigable Waters

In 1873, the Supreme Court said that the Privileges or Immunities Clause protects a right to “use the navigable waters of the United States”—and...

Short Circuit 106 (2/15/19)

Facebooking jurors, an unpopular church, a very bad cop, and a tire-tapping trespass.

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Ep. 3 All But Redacted: The Privileges or Immunities Clause

The Privileges or Immunities Clause was meant to be one of the key liberty-protecting provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Clause says: “No...