Short Circuit

Recent Episodes

Short Circuit 231 | Focus on What Matters

Posted August 4, 2022 • 00:42:57

A couple cases this week where federal courts, at least in part, paid attention to the right things. Joined by the leaders of IJ’s Project on Immunity...

Short Circuit 230 | Immunities Denied and Federal Court for Trump Prosecution

Posted July 28, 2022 • 00:32:12

Georgia criminal defense attorney Andrew Fleischman joins us to talk about a unicorn. Yes, the Eleventh Circuit recently found a state prosecutor was...

Short Circuit 229 | Recording the Police

Posted July 22, 2022 • 00:34:06

The First Amendment protects your right to record the police. Yes, we already knew that, said the Tenth Circuit. Um, you did? Dan Alban presents a case...

Short Circuit 228 | No Portable Signs

Posted July 15, 2022 • 00:39:04

A town made it illegal to hold a sign. Anywhere. Really, just holding a sign is illegal. Sound like a First Amendment violation? That’s what we thought....

Short Circuit 227 | Salt Mines and Open Fields

Posted July 7, 2022 • 00:49:17

Ever worked in a salt mine? It seems some non-union employees hadn’t either when their boss joked that they might be sent to one. That wasn’t funny...