Beyond the Brief cover art

All Episodes

Beyond the Brief — 92 episodes

#
Title
1

Rename Your Bar…or go to JAIL

2

SEIZED CASH:  Americans Struggle to Get Property Back

3

Insane Political Retaliation in Arizona

4

Why is it ILLEGAL to Sell This Box?

5

City Tried to CONDEMN Property Over 2 Stray Cats

6

Courts Refuse To Protect Property Owners From Insane Fines

7

NYC has 1000’s of empty apartments.  You’ll never guess why.

8

Retired LAPD Lieutenant:  “Ending Qualified Immunity Will Improve Policing”

9

BIG WIN: Town Banned from Warrantless Inspections

10

Americans Keep Getting Caught Up In Immigration Raids

11

Recent VICTORIES Against Civil Forfeiture

12

She Spent Life Savings on Salon…City Council:  “Nope.”

13

How Police Around the Country Are Conducting Mass Surveillance

14

A Pipeline Demanded Their Land for Pennies.  They Fought Back.

15

Plane Seized Over Six-Pack of Budweiser. Seriously.

16

Cop’s Lies Sent Innocent Girls to Prison…Still Employed.

17

Another Game Warden Caught Spying:  “This is a real problem”

18

The Scrappy Squad on a Mission to Free Cities

19

ARRESTED for Telling Trespasser to Get Off Porch (BOGUS Warrant)

20

Feds’ Surveillance Scandal: “Cash me if you can”

21

Judges:  Activist, Minimalist, or Something Else?

22

FBI Raids Wrong House – No Remorse for Victims

23

14th Amendment:  Securing Our Rights Against Tyranny

24

EXCESSIVE FINE:  $100k for Parking on Your Grass

25

Government Caught Outlawing Private Charity

26

VICTORY:  Creepy Predictive Policing Program Shut Down

27

The Government Can GIVE Your Home to Developers

28

Badges & Bulldozers: Georgia’s Home Destructions

29

Mom Mistakenly Jailed.  Missed Christmas with Active Duty Son

30

Creepy AI-powered Surveillance Cams in 5,000 Cities and Counting

31

“Fish Cops” Flounder the 4th Amendment

32

When Lawsuits Go Viral with  @CivilRightsLawyer

33

Officer Caught Snitching on Domestic Abuse Victim

34

Town Council Blocks Business for Causing…Competition?!?

35

Popular Family Store Fights Bogus Eminent Domain

36

Rebel Ridge:  Fact or Fiction?

37

Carrying Cash is NOT a Crime

38

To Serve, Protect, and…Fish for Cash? Bogus Traffic Stops Violate 4th Amendment

39

Speaking for a Living and the First Amendment

40

Will the Supreme Court Finally Curb Civil Forfeiture?  Maybe.

41

SWAT Raids are Out of Control

42

FBI Commits the Largest Armed Robbery in American History

43

IJ Client Fulfills Dream of Helping Others–Overcomes Permanent Punishment Law

44

Why Holding Feds Accountable is (ALMOST) Impossible

45

Ruling Lets Gov’t TRESPASS on 96% of PRIVATE Land in the U.S.

46

Government Retaliation is Out of Control

47

Qualified Immunity Protects the FBI, Your Mayor, and ALL Officials. Not Just Police.

48

New Jersey Was Caught Keeping Baby Blood

49

Deep Dive is now Beyond the Brief

50

Will the Supreme Court Limit Police Power to “Stop and Frisk”?

51

These Inspectors Think “Open for Business” Means “No Warrant Required”

52

When Can Your Past Bar You From a Job—And When Should It?

53

Grand Theft Auto in Wilmington, Delaware

54

IJ at 30: IJ President Scott Bullock on the Cases and Clients that Changed IJ and the Law (A Deep Dive Best Of)

55

Will the Supreme Court overturn its infamous decision letting developers take your property?

56

These People Lost $85 Million in an L.A. Heist…and the Robber was the FBI

57

Cities Caught Extracting Millions From Residents Through Fines and Fees Traps

58

Supreme Court Shuts Down Police on Entering Your Home Without a Warrant

59

This Florida Woman Got a $100,000 Fine for Parking in Her Own Driveway

60

These Laws Let Your Competitors Decide When Your Business is “Needed”

61

Law for Non-Lawyers – Standards of Review (A Deep Dive Best of)

62

Bitcoin and the Constitution: Is Code Speech?

63

“Predictive Policing” Algorithm Creates a Dystopian Nightmare for Residents of This Florida Town

64

Talking to a Client in the Wrong Location Makes This Counselor a Criminal

65

Uses (and Misuses) of Amicus Briefs | (A Deep Dive Best Of)

66

Censorship, Dangerous Speech, and Monopolies

67

Security Guards Assault Innocent Vet at the VA—and Claim Immunity

68

This Is What Happens When States Abolish Civil Forfeiture

69

Qualified Immunity: Are Government Officials Above the Law? (A Deep Dive Best Of)

70

Property Rights and Homeless Shelters—What Has the Supreme Court Said?

71

When Can the Government Lock You in Your House? (A Deep Dive Best Of)

72

City Officials Threw an Elderly Woman in Jail for Criticizing Them—Then Claimed Immunity

73

Can the Government Require Warning Labels for Veggie Burgers?

74

Law for Non-Lawyers: Precedent

75

California Says These Firefighters Can’t Work—and the Reason Makes No Sense

76

How Federal Agents Can Legally Take Your Money at the Airport

77

Did the Supreme Court Just Say States Have to Fund Religion?

78

It’s Time to Fund Students, Not Systems

79

Can the Government Put Cameras on Your Property Without a Warrant?

80

Court Strips Elderly Woman of Her Home and Ruins Her Life

81

Why Won’t the Supreme Court Hold Police Accountable?

82

Can the Government Throw You Out of Work? (Not in Some States!)

83

Current Legal Challenges to COVID-19 Rules

84

When Can the Government Lock You in Your House? Quarantines and the Constitution

85

How Government Officials Can Blow Up Your House with Grenades – and Get Away With It by Claiming Immunity

86

Stories from IJ’s Front Lines

87

Zoning, Excessive Fines and Other Hot Issues in the Law

88

Law for Non-Lawyers – Due Process and Equal Protection

89

Law for Non-Lawyers – Standards of Review

90

Previewing IJ’s Next Case at the United States Supreme Court

91

District Works: Improving a City From the Ground Up

92

Uses (and Misuses) of Amicus Briefs