Short Circuit

Recent Episodes

Short Circuit 255 | Basic Training

Posted January 19, 2023 • 00:37:52

We are joined by Texas “teenylaw” lawyer Kristen Vander-Plas LaFreniere. We talk about what it’s like to run a very small practice and then dig...

Short Circuit 254 | Civil Rights Roundup

Posted January 13, 2023 • 00:45:45

In honor of the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. we invited on three civil rights lawyers to talk about their latest, pathbreaking, cases and the...

Short Circuit 253 | Imaginary Lines

Posted January 5, 2023 • 00:49:04

Two tales of the criminal justice system this week, with the Excessive Fines Clause and the Fourth Amendment both playing a part. First, in the Second...

Short Circuit 252 | 13th Amendment at SCOTUS

Posted December 29, 2022 • 00:45:02

Not many lawyers alive today can say they’ve litigated a Thirteenth Amendment case (yes, that amendment; the one about slavery). But we at IJ have...

Short Circuit 251 | You Got Insurance?

Posted December 22, 2022 • 00:48:00

You got insurance is not just a question they ask at the doctor’s office. Most of the time when someone sues the government—especially a local government—there’s...