Short Circuit

Short Circuit

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Short Circuit episodes

  • Short Circuit 076 (8/18/17)

    This special podcast features the Harte family, whose home was raided by a SWAT team after police found tea leaves in the family’s trash.

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    Rob Bernstein: https://www.kirkland.com/sitecontent.cfm?contentID=220&itemID=12024

    Cheryl Pilate: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cheryl-pilate-a009415/
    Tenth Circuit decision: http://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/opinions/16/16-3014.pdf
    District court decision: http://ij.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/tomatoesdistrictmemorandum.pdf
    Johnson County’s petition for en banc review: http://ij.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Document.pdf
    Nielson and Walker article: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=2763135
    Washington Post/Radley Balko article:  https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2015/12/28/federal-judge-drinking-tea-shopping-at-a-gardening-store-is-probable-cause-for-a-swat-raid-on-your-home/
    Radley Balko book: https://www.amazon.com/Rise-Warrior-Cop-Militarization-Americas/dp/1610394577

    57 min
  • Short Circuit 075 (7/21/17)

    Recording cops in public, recording cops in police stations, and recording cops raiding your business.

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    Public: http://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/161650p.pdf

    Police station: http://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/201514642.pdf
    Business bust: http://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/documents/G053126M.PDF

    Correction: The Philly officer was put on desk duty, not suspended. See here: http://www.epgn.com/news/breaking-news/9794-officer-caught-in-homophobic-interaction-okd-for-street-patrol

    34 min
  • Short Circuit 074 (7/7/17)

    An unseemly cash seizure, misleading pregnancy-related speech, and an unseemly vehicle impounding rule.

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    Cash seizure: http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2017/06/12/15-16600.pdf

    Misleading speech: http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2017/06/27/15-15434.pdf
    Impounding: http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2017/06/21/15-55479.pdf

    25 min
  • Short Circuit 073 (6/9/17)

    Dead man’s conviction vacated—can the gov’t keep the fine he paid? Sovereign immunity in a just compensation case. An unconstitutional traffic stop. Uber and unfair competition.

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    Dead man’s fine: http://ij.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/15-3979_opn.pdf

    Sovereign immunity: http://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/17a0115p-06.pdf
    Traffic stop: http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2017/06/01/15-10385.pdf
    Uber: http://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/163301np.pdf

    19 min
  • Short Circuit 072 (6/2/17)

    The Secret Service takes down Dr. Evil, Trump’s travel ban, cell-phone surveillance, and the FAA’s hobby drone registry.

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    Dr. Evil: http://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/17a0105p-06.pdf

    Travel ban: http://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/Opinions/Published/171351.P.pdf
    Cell-phone surveillance: http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/16/16-40702-CR0.pdf
    Hobby drone registry: https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/FA6F27FFAA83E20585258125004FBC13/$file/15-1495-1675918.pdf

    35 min
  • Short Circuit 071 (5/12/17)

    A spooky cellphone warning, a sign on a stick, a “ruminating” judge, and an update from the civil forfeiture hotbed of Tenaha, TX.

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    Cellphone warning: http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2017/04/21/16-15141.pdf?mc_cid=30ca413c30&mc_eid=04fa1e224a

    Sign on a stick: http://media.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/17/05/161190P.pdf?mc_cid=93a80a669c&mc_eid=04fa1e224a
    “Ruminating”: http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2017/05/05/14-16514.pdf?mc_cid=93a80a669c&mc_eid=04fa1e224a
    Tenaha: http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/15/15-41641-CR0.pdf?mc_cid=30ca413c30&mc_eid=04fa1e224a

    29 min
  • Short Circuit 070 (4/21/17)

    A suspiciously relaxed motorist, no deference to an EPA emissions exemption, prairie dogs, and illegal tattooing.

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    Relaxed motorist: http://media.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/17/03/153399P.pdf?mc_cid=cbcf1c688c&mc_eid=6e8e76319f

    EPA emissions: https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/2E91F70B0AF28BBE852580FF004E33FF/$file/09-1017-1670473.pdf
    Prairie dogs: http://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/opinions/14/14-4151.pdf?mc_cid=cbcf1c688c&mc_eid=6e8e76319f
    Long Beach tattoo shops: http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2017/03/29/15-56158.pdf?mc_cid=cbcf1c688c&mc_eid=6e8e76319f

    31 min
  • Short Circuit 069 (4/7/17)

    FL skim milk, Portland sedans, an exoneree’s suit against the detective who framed her, and Chevron deference.

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    FL skim milk: http://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/201612049.pdf?mc_cid=97cd98bdab&mc_eid=6e8e76319f

    Portland sedans: https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/memoranda/2017/03/30/14-35608.pdf?mc_cid=cbcf1c688c&mc_eid=6e8e76319f
    Exoneration: http://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/17a0070p-06.pdf?mc_cid=cbcf1c688c&mc_eid=6e8e76319f
    Chevron: http://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/161471p.pdf?mc_cid=97cd98bdab&mc_eid=6e8e76319f

    30 min
  • Short Circuit 068 (3/24/17)

    Life sentences for juveniles, a union’s “neat trick,” opening prisoners’ legal mail, and undergarments & prison tattoos.

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    Life sentence: http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/rssExec.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2017/D03-16/C:17-1244:J:Manion:aut:T:fnOp:N:1930438:S:0&mc_cid=fe91fc0e02&mc_eid=6e8e76319f

    Union’s neat trick: https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/E011044428F84FB7852580DC0053A523/$file/15-1412-1664674.pdf
    Legal mail: http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2017/03/03/14-35078.pdf?mc_cid=79b78eccb3&mc_eid=6e8e76319f and http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2017/03/03/14-15271.pdf?mc_cid=79b78eccb3&mc_eid=6e8e76319f
    Underwear and prison tattoos: http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/rssExec.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2017/D03-09/C:16-1711:J:Hamilton:aut:T:fnOp:N:1926216:S:0&mc_cid=79b78eccb3&mc_eid=6e8e76319f

    22 min
  • Short Circuit 067 (3/3/17)

    Maryland’s assault weapons ban, Iowa State’s treatment of a pro-marijuana student group, mine-safety inspections, and a tragic prison death.

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    Assault weapons: http://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/Opinions/Published/141945A.P.pdf?mc_cid=a5155579d1&mc_eid=6e8e76319f

    Pro-pot student group: http://media.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/17/02/161518P.pdf?mc_cid=e78ec10245&mc_eid=6e8e76319f
    Mine-safety inspections: http://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/17a0031p-06.pdf?mc_cid=e78ec10245&mc_eid=6e8e76319f
    Prisoner death: http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/rssExec.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2017/D02-21/C:15-1419:J:Wood:aut:T:fnOp:N:1916643:S:0&mc_cid=a5155579d1&mc_eid=6e8e76319f

    27 min

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