Prison phone calls, volcanic eruptions, and animal testing. - Institute for Justice

New podcast! Hear about the latest in legal history with “Law Office History,” IJ’s new legal history scholarship podcast. First episode features Will Baude on […]

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Short Circuit Live: 100 Years of Zoning—and Reform—in Cambridge - Institute for Justice

Join us for a live recording of the Short Circuit podcast! Monday, October 19, 2026 at 12pm the Sheraton Commander Hotel in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Appropriately […]

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Will Baude and the General Law - Institute for Justice

For our maiden voyage on “Law Office History” we welcome aboard Will Baude of the University of Chicago. After exploring his heady days as an […]

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Short Circuit 449 | Supreme Court Preview - Institute for Justice

Our annual Supreme Court term preview, this year from Wake Forest Law and released today, First Monday, the first day of the Supreme Court’s new […]

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Water rights absurdities, ponderous parking ordinances, and fast trains. - Institute for Justice

New case! Last year, in Rivera v. Borough of Pottstown, a Pennsylvania appeals court ruled that individualized suspicion is required before gov’t officials can get […]

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Police Power and Prediction Markets | Short Circuit 448

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Bogus traffic stops, cell-site simulating, and chain refoulment. - Institute for Justice

“Technology may make surveillance more convenient, but it does not make the Fourth Amendment’s protections any less important.” So said IJ legislative counsel Alasdair Whitney […]

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Short Circuit 447 | How Constitutional Are Your Claims? - Institute for Justice

We focus on a district court case that has appellate court explanatory power. As our special guest Professor Robert Steinbuch says, if you reside in […]

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Cellphones searches, home searches, and strip searches. - Institute for Justice

Do Flock cameras actually reduce crime? The company says a new study shows it. But, looking at the same study, we see no statistically significant […]

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Roadblocks to building a new apartment building in Nashville | Short Circuit 446

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Backup groomsmen, weak sauce, and interment camps. - Institute for Justice

New case! IJ client Katy Duckstein is a former public school math teacher who opened Roots Learning Academy, an innovative hybrid homeschooling program that’s open […]

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Short Circuit 445 | Crazytown - Institute for Justice

Time for The Big One. So many have so many takes on the Ninth Circuit that, as part of our #12Months12Circuits series, we at IJ […]

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Fancy timepieces, traitors, and lengthy footnotes. - Institute for Justice

New on the Bound by Oath podcast: In 1966, Los Angeles officials tried to put a man in prison for handing out leaflets in protest […]

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Younger abstention | Season 4, Ep. 4 - Institute for Justice

In 1966, Los Angeles officials tried to put a man in prison for handing out leaflets in protest of a fatal police shooting. Today, we […]

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He got arrested for recording the police and then refusing to show ID | Short Circuit 444

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Short Circuit Live: 100 Years of Zoning—and Reform—in Cambridge - Institute for Justice

Join us for a live recording of the Short Circuit podcast! Monday, October 19, 2026 at 12pm the Sheraton Commander Hotel in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Appropriately […]

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Fabricated identities, fictitious daycares, and made-up laws. - Institute for Justice

New case! IJ clients Charles and Eli Copley own 50 wooded acres in Roxbury, Conn., where they’ve always welcomed hikers for a small hourly fee, […]

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Rough rides, U.S. attorney vacancies, and the 26th Amendment. - Institute for Justice

New on the Short Circuit podcast: Shooting the wrong man (tragedy) and free speech dying in the library (comedy). Mega-cool! Last week, Austin, Tex. officials […]

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Free Speech Died in the Library | Short Circuit 442

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Hunting ICE, unremarkable arson, and lewdness at the Founding. - Institute for Justice

New on the Short Circuit podcast: The First Amendment is for listeners too. Automated license plate readers (ALPRs) are sold as a targeted tool to […]

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Short Circuit 441 | Rights for Listeners - Institute for Justice

We often hear of the right to speak. But what about the right to listen? The Ninth Circuit just reaffirmed that listeners have First Amendment […]

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Dog toys, DoorDash, and unregistered foreign agents. - Institute for Justice

Qualified Immunity Victory! In April 2024, North Carolina sheriff’s deputies looking for a suspected thief conducted a terrifying midnight raid on the home of Avery […]

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The "Stop Woke Act" and Academic Freedom | Short Circuit 440

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Unpublished Opinions 26 | The Batman Approach - Institute for Justice

John Wrench is joined by Kirby West and Josh Windham to discuss some of the major threats to liberty, including warrantless mass surveillance, the facial/as-applied […]

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Prosecutor professional misconduct, detention without bond, wanton statch interpretation. - Institute for Justice

New case! Last fall, masked, heavily armed CBP agents raided IJ client Leo Feler’s property in Chicago because they saw some construction workers out in […]

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Short Circuit 439 | Adams, Jefferson, and The Declaration - Institute for Justice

Tim Sandefur joins us to discuss his latest (and tenth!) book “Proclaiming Liberty,” all about the Declaration of Independence, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, and […]

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An iPod, a walrus, and the Almighty Vice Lord Nation. - Institute for Justice

Victory! This week the Pennsylvania Supreme Court rejected the “open fields doctrine” under its state constitution, ruling in favor of IJ’s clients the Punxsutawney and […]

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Federal employees threaten co-worker at his doorstep | Short Circuit 438

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