All Episodes

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