Short Circuit

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


Listen Later

A couple issues near-and-dear to many of your hearts this week: Money and Facebook. First, if you win a case against the government are you a “prevailing party” deserving of an attorneys fees award? North Carolina officials argued you’re not if you do so well that the law you’re challenging actually disappears. Luckily the Fourth Circuit shot that argument down. Alexa Gervasi explains. But meanwhile the Sixth Circuit shot down quite a lot of the First and Fourth Amendments when a police department took great vengeance upon a man with the audacity to . . . create a parody Facebook page. As Ari Bargil tells us, it’s a case demonstrating why everyone hates lawyers.

If you’re in Michigan, sign up now for our May 20, 2022 forum on Judicial Engagement and the Michigan Constitution!

Click here for transcript.

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Short CircuitBy Institute for Justice

  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7

4.7

172 ratings


More shows like Short Circuit

View all
Cato Podcast by Cato Institute

Cato Podcast

965 Listeners

Bloomberg Law by Bloomberg

Bloomberg Law

375 Listeners

Law Talk With Epstein, Yoo & Cooke by The Civitas Institute at the University of Texas at Austin

Law Talk With Epstein, Yoo & Cooke

696 Listeners

We the People by National Constitution Center

We the People

1,120 Listeners

The Reason Roundtable by The Reason Roundtable

The Reason Roundtable

1,507 Listeners

The Libertarian by The Civitas Institute at the University of Texas at Austin

The Libertarian

988 Listeners

The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg by The Dispatch

The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

6,551 Listeners

Bound By Oath by IJ by Institute for Justice

Bound By Oath by IJ

308 Listeners

Beyond the Brief by Institue for Justice

Beyond the Brief

41 Listeners

The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie by The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie

The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie

731 Listeners

Advisory Opinions by The Dispatch

Advisory Opinions

3,867 Listeners

The Dispatch Podcast by The Dispatch

The Dispatch Podcast

3,311 Listeners

Amarica's Constitution by Akhil Reed Amar

Amarica's Constitution

383 Listeners

Divided Argument by Will Baude, Dan Epps

Divided Argument

737 Listeners

Unpublished Opinions by Institute for Justice

Unpublished Opinions

0 Listeners