All Episodes

Short Circuit 443 | Irreparable Speech Harms

Short Circuit 442 | Free Speech Died Here, Ask Me How

Short Circuit 441 | Rights for Listeners

Short Circuit 440 | The Mystery of Academic Freedom

Short Circuit 439 | Adams, Jefferson, and The Declaration

Short Circuit 438 | The Strike Zone for Ultra Vires

Short Circuit 437 | Privately Racing the Nondelegation Doctrine

Short Circuit 436 | Retaliatory Justice

Short Circuit 435 | 1776 and Judicial Review

Short Circuit 434 | The Police Are the Emergency

Short Circuit 433 | Bond Hearing Without Lawyer

Short Circuit 432 | Moth-Eaten Precedent

Short Circuit 431 | Hard but not Impossible

Short Circuit 430 | Stateless in Seattle

Short Circuit 429 | A Fifth of Circuit

Short Circuit 428 | Shopping With Roy Moore

Short Circuit 427 | Michigander Administrations

Short Circuit 426 | Vaccinated Home Distilling

Short Circuit 425 | Live from Penn Law!

Short Circuit 424 | Juries for Securities

Short Circuit 423 | Civil Forfeiture Flowcharts

Short Circuit 422 | My Name is Pastor Jennings

Short Circuit 421 | What’s Your Favorite Circuit?

Short Circuit 420 | A Lease for the Girlfriend

Short Circuit 419 | Inspecting Your Business

Short Circuit 418 | ICE Detention and Booze-Sniffing Dogs

Short Circuit 417 | Settling with Spicy Chicken

Short Circuit 416 | Kansas Two-Steps

Short Circuit 415 | Originalism at Stanford

Short Circuit 414 | Should You Sue YouTube or Work With It?

Short Circuit 413 | Economic Freedom, History, and Tradition

Short Circuit 412 | “Nothing to see here”

Short Circuit 411 | Don’t Forget Your Receipt

Short Circuit 410 | Joan of Arc and Qualified Immunity

Short Circuit 409 | Obviously Unconstitutional

Short Circuit 408 | Get Off My Beach

Short Circuit 407 | Master Thespians

Short Circuit 406 | Forfeiture Oopsies

Short Circuit 405 | Judges as Employers

Short Circuit 404 | A Permit to Pray?

Short Circuit 403 | Strict Liability for Civil Rights Violations

Short Circuit 402 | They Very Rarely Involve Murder

Short Circuit 401 | Government Fails Rational Basis Test for Once

Short Circuit 400 | Is Sharing Your Password a Federal Crime?

Short Circuit 399 | Weekend at Humphrey’s

Short Circuit 398 | Religious Fact Checks

Short Circuit 397 | Supreme Court Preview from UNC

Short Circuit 396 | Voting and Carrying in History

Short Circuit 395 | Won’t You Take Me To YIMBYTown?

Short Circuit 394 | Speech Over Licensing

Short Circuit 393 | As Goes Maine So Goes the Constitution

Short Circuit 392 | The NFL Commissioner Decides

Short Circuit 391 | 7th Circuit Judicial Conference

Short Circuit 390 | Kangaroo Courts

Short Circuit 389 | On Walden Fourth Amendment

Short Circuit 388 | Crazy Fast Speeds

Short Circuit 387 | The Business of Baseball

Short Circuit 386 | Lehto’s License Plates

Short Circuit 385 | Pyramid Power

Short Circuit 384 | Metering Constitutional Rights

Short Circuit 383 | Rock ‘n’ Roll Yoga

Short Circuit 382 | Beard Law

Short Circuit 381 | Charo on the Tonight Show

Short Circuit 380 | Homicide by Bath

Short Circuit 379 | Tariff Bazookas

Short Circuit 378 | Come and Take It

Short Circuit 377 | Zen and the Art of the Nondelegation Doctrine

Short Circuit 376 | Murder Mysteries

Short Circuit 375 | Unsympathetic Clients

Short Circuit 374 | Content-Based Dancing

Short Circuit 373 | Live from Denver Law!

Short Circuit 372 | VHS Privacy

Short Circuit 371 | Ten Years of Short Circuit

Short Circuit 370 | Humans Only in the Copyright Office

Short Circuit 369 | Substantive Due Process, The Podcast

Short Circuit 368 | Flipping the Bird

Short Circuit 367 | The Police Power

Short Circuit 366 | I Love You But Can’t

Short Circuit 365 | I Like Old Property

Short Circuit 364 | Big Bats

Short Circuit 363 | The Licensing Racket

Short Circuit 362 | Boil the Frog to Tear Down the House

Short Circuit 361 | Reading the Qualified Tea Leaves

Short Circuit 360 | Weed and Fines

Short Circuit 359 | Net Neutrality Flip Flops

Short Circuit 358 | Motte-and-Bailey Game

Short Circuit 357 | Drama at the City Council Meeting

Short Circuit 356 | Christmas Sweater Law

Short Circuit 355 | Civil Rights Reform in the States

Short Circuit 354 | Grounds Increasingly Dubious

Short Circuit 353 | Jurisdictional Mavens

Short Circuit 352 | Misinformation

Short Circuit 351 | State Court Shenanigans

Short Circuit 350 | In rem Liechtenstein

Short Circuit 349 | Wrong Side of the Road

Short Circuit 348 | Excessive Fines and the IRS

Short Circuit 347 | Election Law Special

Short Circuit 346 | Not My Responsibility

Short Circuit 345 | Supreme Court Preview at UNC!

Short Circuit 344 | Can a Jury Only Go Up to Eleven?

Short Circuit 343 | Fourth Amendment Effects

Short Circuit 342 | Kicked Out of the Libertarian Club?

Short Circuit 341 | Live from Austin: Local Retaliation

Short Circuit 340 | No Way to Run a Railroad

Short Circuit 339 | The Crime of Journalism

Short Circuit 338 | Geofence Warrants

Short Circuit 337 | Facebook Comment Board of Appeals

Short Circuit 336 | Thor’s Seizure

Short Circuit 335 | Zoning Justice

Short Circuit 334 | Only Mostly Dead

Short Circuit 333 | Live at Hogan Lovells!

Short Circuit 332 | Not-So Government Speech

Short Circuit 331 | The British Are Coming

Short Circuit 330 | Pretext Takings

Short Circuit 329 | Much Ado About Nothing

Short Circuit 328 | A Modest Proposal

Short Circuit 327 | Conference Realignment

Short Circuit 326 | Modesty of Our Lexicographers

Short Circuit 325 | This Is a Racket

Short Circuit 324 | The Battle for Your Brain

Short Circuit 323 | Poor Behavior

Short Circuit 322 | Neighbors

Short Circuit 321 | A Tale of Two Prisons

Short Circuit 320 | Spy Cameras

Short Circuit 319 | Baptism By Venue

Short Circuit 318 | Is Coding Speech?

Short Circuit 317 | Live at the University of Virginia!

Short Circuit 316 | Unaccountable

Short Circuit 315 | A Day at the Races

Short Circuit 314 | That’s Gold, Jerry, Gold!

Short Circuit 313 | Memo From a Robot

Short Circuit 312 | The Power of FERC

Short Circuit 311 | SCOTUS Ladies

Short Circuit 310 | Opening the Vaults

Short Circuit 309 | O’Scannlain O’Rama

Short Circuit 308 | Burns Night

Short Circuit 307 | Working Both Sides of the Bench

Short Circuit 306 | Widespread Super Cheap Surveillance

Short Circuit 305 | Rare as Hen’s Teeth

Short Circuit 304 | The Writing on the Wall

Short Circuit 303 | Larry McMurtry Fact Pattern

Short Circuit 302 | Deranged Prosecutor

Short Circuit 301 | Litigating the Multiverse

Short Circuit 300 | The Cause of Action Community

Short Circuit 299 | The Gambler

Short Circuit 298 | Everything Causes Cancer

Short Circuit 297 | Working in a Coal Mine with TikTok

Short Circuit 296 | Parenting Is Hard

Short Circuit 295 | Nightmare on Law Street

Short Circuit 294 | A Blast from the Past

Short Circuit 293 | General Law for the Fourth Amendment

Short Circuit 292 | Infallible Online

Short Circuit 291 | Stanford’s Supreme Court Clinic

Short Circuit 290 | Supreme Court Preview at UNC!

Short Circuit 289 | Property Rights FTW

Short Circuit 288 | Nondelegating Warrants

Short Circuit 287 | Where the Sidewalk Ends

Short Circuit 286 | Totally Noncontroversial Issues

Short Circuit 285 | Searching for Something

Short Circuit 284 | Betting the Election

Short Circuit 283 | Pennies at a Time

Short Circuit 282 | Sexy Cops and Decades of Deference

Short Circuit 281 | Bosom Buddies

Short Circuit 280 | Something’s Rotten in the State of Bivens

Short Circuit 279 | Cops on the Beat

Short Circuit 278 | I’ll Take the Elevator

Short Circuit 277 | More to Come

Short Circuit 276 | The Concentration of Powers

Short Circuit 275 | All Constitutional Law is Procedural Nonsense

Short Circuit 274 | 100 Years of Meyer v. Nebraska

Short Circuit 273 | Suing to Apportion Seats

Short Circuit 272 | Elizabeth Warren and Jackets

Short Circuit 271 | The Cars Greatest Hits

Short Circuit 270 | Baby Ninth Amendments

Short Circuit 269 | The British Constitution

Short Circuit 268 | God and Man at Harvard and Yale

Short Circuit 267 | Take It

Short Circuit 266 | School Choice Special

Short Circuit 265 | Time Travel

Short Circuit 264 | Evicting Innocent People

Short Circuit 263 | A Three Hour Tour

Short Circuit 262 | Shielded

Short Circuit 261 | Live at Southern Methodist University!

Short Circuit 260 | Unlimited Tariff Power

Short Circuit 259 | The Rent Is Too Damn High

Short Circuit 258 | And in en banc news

Short Circuit 257 | General Google Warrants

Short Circuit 256 | A Magical Bag of Dope

Short Circuit 255 | Basic Training

Short Circuit 254 | Civil Rights Roundup

Short Circuit 253 | Imaginary Lines

Short Circuit 252 | 13th Amendment at SCOTUS

Short Circuit 251 | You Got Insurance?

12 Days of Short Circuit Christmas

Short Circuit 250 | Thanksgiving for the Arrest

Short Circuit 249 | Licensed to Work

Short Circuit 248 | “I Declare Bankruptcy”

Short Circuit 247 | Off to the Races

Short Circuit 246 | The Unholy Trinity

Short Circuit 245 | A Texas-Sized “And”

Short Circuit 244 | Election Special 2022

Short Circuit 243 | Live From New York It’s Short Circuit!

Short Circuit 242 | CON Law at SCOTUS

Short Circuit 241 | Pretext for a Traffic Stop

Short Circuit 240 | Live at Columbia Law!

Short Circuit 239 | SCOTUS Preview Live from UNC

Short Circuit 238 | Dude, Where’s My Passport?

Short Circuit 237 | Live at the University of Montana

Short Circuit 236 | Constitutions and Common Law

Short Circuit 235 | Smelly Short-Term Rental Laws

Short Circuit 234 | Treaties With Tribes

Short Circuit 233 | Frozen Lawns and Nashville Blues

Short Circuit 232 | Abolish the Zoning

Short Circuit 231 | Focus on What Matters

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

Short Circuit 229 | Recording the Police

Short Circuit 228 | No Portable Signs

Short Circuit 227 | Salt Mines and Open Fields

Short Circuit 226 | Short Circuit Live Constitutional GPA

Short Circuit 225 | Supreme School Choice Victory

Episode 224 | Cameras on Poles Recording Everything

Short Circuit 223 | Clerks and Harassment

Short Circuit 222 | Live at IJ’s Law Student Conference

Short Circuit 221 | The Big Mac

Short Circuit 220 | Timing Is Everything

Short Circuit 219 | Threading the Federal Courts

Short Circuit 218 | Because the Supreme Court Did Some Things It Did

Short Circuit 217 | Hunting for Free Speech Truffles

Episode 216 | Sovereign Immunity and NIMBY Neighbors

Episode 215 | You Say Habeas I Say Mandamus

Episode 214 | Short Circuit Live returns to the D.C. Circuit

Short Circuit 213 | Antitrust Smiles and Judgment Frowns

Short Circuit 212 | Lehto’s Law

Short Circuit 211 | Cohen the Police

Short Circuit 210 | Grand Juries and IRS Interpretations

Short Circuit 208 | The Government Is Special

Short Circuit 207 | West Coast Hits

Short Circuit 206 | 50 Shades of Government Immunity

Short Circuit 205 | Foreign Divorces

Short Circuit 204 | Contracts and Blood Spatters

Short Circuit 203 | I Have No Idea What’s Going On

Short Circuit 202 | Rules for Traffic Stops

Short Circuit 201 | The Fifth Circuit: It’s Complicated

Short Circuit 200 | Origins

Short Circuit 199 | The Right Not To Be Framed and It’s Greek To Me

Short Circuit 198 | International Trade and Standing for Guns

Short Circuit 197 | No Vehicles in the Park Remix

Short Circuit 196 | 50 Years of “Our Federalism”

Short Circuit 195 | Pride and Prejudice in Prison

Short Circuit 194 | Arboreal Takings and the Sidewalks of New York

Short Circuit 193 | Hamilton Singing Fire in a Crowded Theater

Short Circuit 192 | Standing Up for a Dollar

Short Circuit 191: Judicial Activism for Reals

Short Circuit 190: A Crime a Day in Prison

Short Circuit 189 | Supreme Court Preview, OT 2021

Short Circuit 188 | Chalked Tires and the Other ACA

Short Circuit 187 | How Binding Is Your Dicta?

Short Circuit 186 | Chillin’ With Uber

Short Circuit 185 | Guns and Football

Short Circuit 184 | California Constitutional Dreaming

Short Circuit 183 | Expectations of Surveillance

Short Circuit 182 | Putting the Protection in “Equal Protection”

Short Circuit 181 | Mandatory Associations

Short Circuit 180 | A Fifth of Qualified Immunity

Short Circuit 179 | Taking Bees with the Police Power

Short Circuit 178 | First Amendment Home Design

Short Circuit 177 | When Are Judges “Too Cool?”

Short Circuit 176 | Conjunction Junction, what’s your function?

Short Circuit 175 | Tax Takings and Reservation Creation

Short Circuit 174 | The Right to “Bear” Arms

Short Circuit 173 | Public Accommodations and High Speed Snaps

Short Circuit 172 | Confronting Cook County Corruption

Short Circuit 171 | Should Originalists Party Like It’s 1868, not 1791?

Short Circuit 170 | A Hot Mess and Seven Magic Words

Short Circuit 169 | The Duct Tape of Federal Law

Short Circuit 168 | Suspicious Handshakes and Football Prayers

Short Circuit 167 | Section 230 and a Drones Search

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

Short Circuit 165 | Orphaned Precedent

Short Circuit 164 | Bad Cop Records and Suspicionless Searches

Short Circuit 163 | The Law of Johnny 5 Is Alive

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

Short Circuit 161 | A Honkload of Stateless Cocaine

Short Circuit 160 | The Dominion of Giuliani and Citizenship Receptions

Short Circuit 159: The Sub-Rational Basis Test

Short Circuit 158 | Privileges or Immunities and Consent Decrees

Short Circuit 157 | State Constitutionalists Are the Veterinarians of Law

Short Circuit 156 | The Navigable Waters, Recording Cops, and People in Church

Short Circuit 155 | Only 160 Felonies

Short Circuit 154 | Class action coupons and a building for Buddhists

Short Circuit 153 | The Wire and Dairy Cows

Short Circuit 152: Election Law 2020 Special

Short Circuit 151 | Lifetime Leases and Butterflies on Walls

Short Circuit 150 | Vacation rentals, COVID orders, and Electoral College studies

Short Circuit 149 | Supreme Court Preview for Tar Heels

Short Circuit 148 | Are Apartments a Nuisance? Private Property and the Rise of Zoning

Short Circuit 147 | Off-premises signs and an on-premises subpoena

Short Circuit 146 (9/4/20)

Short Circuit 145 | Dude, where’s my car? And, campaigning to disclose

Short Circuit 144 | PACER Charges and Publicly Charged Universal Injunctions

Short Circuit 143 (8/7/20)

Short Circuit 142 (7/31/20)

Short Circuit 141 (7/24/20)

Short Circuit 140

Short Circuit 139 (6/26/20)

Short Circuit 138 (6/18/20)A Bunch of Bad Apples

Short Circuit 137 (6/12/20)

Short Circuit 136 (6/2/20) Arguing at the Supreme Court

Short Circuit 135 (5/28/20)

Short Circuit 134 (5/15/20)

Short Circuit 133 (5/7/20)

Short Circuit 132 (5/1/20)

Short Circuit 131 (4/24/20)

Short Circuit 130 (4/21/20)

Short Circuit 129 (4/14/20)

Short Circuit 128 (4/9/20)

Short Circuit 127 (4/3/20)

Short Circuit 126 (3/26/20)

Short Circuit 125 (3/13/20)