Short Circuit

Short Circuit

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Short Circuit episodes

  • Short Circuit 026 (10/2/15)

    Occupational speech, credit card fees, Seattle’s minimum wage, and a vexatious search.


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    Kentucky speech: http://ij.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Memorandum-Opinion-Order-IJ072926xA6322.pdf

    Credit card fees: http://ij.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/13-4537_opn.pdf

    Seattle minimum wage: http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2015/09/25/15-35209.pdf

    CBP search: http://ij.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/14-338_opn.pdf


    28 min
  • Short Circuit 025 (9/25/15)

    Knives, guns, and hunch-based searches that turn up guns.


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    Gravity knives: http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/93e5c2bd-9ffc-4d07-bcdc-638a09c8b1c5/2/doc/13-4840_opn.pdf#xml=http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/93e5c2bd-9ffc-4d07-bcdc-638a09c8b1c5/2/hilite/

    Slouching in a high-crime area: http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/15a0637n-06.pdf

    D.C. gun law: http://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/46AD1BE68518069B85257EC400534ABB/$file/14-7071-1573768.pdf

    Village Voice article: http://www.villagevoice.com/news/how-a-50s-era-new-york-knife-law-has-landed-thousands-in-jail-6662589


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    20 min
  • Short Circuit 024 (9/18/15)

    An infamous criminal “gang”; a drunken bike ride with a painful ending; suicide by cop; and juvenile strip searches.


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    Juggalos: http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/15a0230p-06.pdf

    Bike ride: http://media.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/15/09/142985P.pdf

    Suicide by cop: http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/15a0227p-06.pdf

    Juvenile strip searches: http://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/143905p.pdf


    28 min
  • Short Circuit 023 (9/10/15)

    Warrantless cell phone tracking, baseless business harassment, and some winners go to jail.


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    Winner of drug-sniffing dog case goes to jail anyway: http://media.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/15/09/131176P.pdf?mc_cid=d06874ffe2&mc_eid=6e8e76319f

    Cell phone tracking: http://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/Opinions/Published/124659.P.pdf?mc_cid=81e8b80bc6&mc_eid=f37e88430a

    Harassing a local business over personality conflict: http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/15a0223p-06.pdf

    “Family” includes spouse: http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/15a0214p-06.pdf?mc_cid=d06874ffe2&mc_eid=6e8e76319f


    11 min
  • Short Circuit 022 (9/4/15)

    Conflict minerals, the FTC’s cybersecurity crackdown, and a reckless SWAT raid.


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    Conflict minerals: http://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/7677C9E435244EC985257EA50054F3D4/$file/13-5252-1568402.pdf

    FTC cybersecurity: http://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/143514p.pdf?mc_cid=0f524477c3&mc_eid=f37e88430a

    Flash bombs: http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/rssExec.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2015/D07-31/C:15-1207:J:Posner:aut:T:fnOp:N:1597456:S:0&mc_cid=81e8b80bc6&mc_eid=f37e88430a


    15 min
  • Short Circuit 021 (8/28/15)

    A judge Googles outside of the record, legalized sports gambling in New Jersey goes boink, and prosecutorial misconduct at the DOJ.


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    Legal research: http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/rssExec.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2015/D08-19/C:14-3316:J:Posner:aut:T:fnOp:N:1607993:S:0

    Sports gambling: http://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/144546p.pdf

    DOJ misconduct: http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/13/13-31078-CR0.pdf


    16 min
  • Short Circuit 020 (8/21/15)

    The right to marry an inmate, free speech at the Iowa State Fair, police abuse in Chicago, and a sarcastic public defender winds up in handcuffs.


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    The right to marry: http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/rssExec.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2015/D08-14/C:14-2910:J:Ripple:aut:T:fnOp:N:1605102:S:0

    Iowa State Fair: http://media.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/15/08/143039P.pdf

    Chicago police abuse: http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/rssExec.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2015/D08-14/C:14-2862:J:Wood:aut:T:fnOp:N:1604994:S:0

    Chicago police abuse district court ruling: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2413773905670108862&q=%22seneca+adams%22+v.+chicago&hl=en&as_sdt=4,112,127,332

    Arrested public defender: http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2015/08/14/12-57197.pdf


    17 min
  • Short Circuit 019 (8/14/15)

    Probable-cause-creating dogs, Docs vs. Glocks Part Deux, and a whole mess of engaged judging.


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    Drug dog: http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/rssExec.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2015/D08-07/C:13-3581:J:Easterbrook:aut:T:fnOp:N:1600912:S:0

    EPA foot-dragging: http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2015/08/10/14-72794.pdf

    Lamborghini without a warrant: http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/fd0ae78f-363c-4a10-93e2-c1eb75ed078b/3/doc/14-1625_opn.pdf#xml=http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/fd0ae78f-363c-4a10-93e2-c1eb75ed078b/3/hilite/

    Panhandling after Reed: http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/rssExec.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2015/D08-07/C:13-3581:J:Easterbrook:aut:T:fnOp:N:1600912:S:0

    Docs vs. glocks: http://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/201214009.reh.pdf?mc_cid=3d37ae687c&mc_eid=6e8e76319f


    13 min
  • Short Circuit 018 (7/24/15)

    A teeth-whitening opinion that’s nothing to smile about, a pair of Fourth Amendment cases, and a corrupt former governor of Illinois.


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    Blagojevich convictions: http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/rssExec.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2015/D07-21/C:11-3853:J:Easterbrook:aut:T:fnOp:N:1591124:S:0

    Air fresheners: http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/unpub/14/14-40126.0.pdf

    Bike cops: http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/rssExec.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2015/D07-20/C:14-2982:J:Williams:aut:T:fnOp:N:1590344:S:0

    Teeth whitening: http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/22fcc8f1-3c2a-4edc-80e1-ce028c9dd1cf/2/doc/14-1381_complete_opn.pdf#xml=http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/22fcc8f1-3c2a-4edc-80e1-ce028c9dd1cf/2/hilite/


    16 min
  • Short Circuit 017 (7/17/15)

    Seizing a baby without a warrant, a doctrine most dormant, and the gun rights of U.S. citizens living abroad


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    Warrantless seizure of a baby: http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2015/07/10/12-15080.pdf

    The most dormant doctrine in dormant commerce clause jurisprudence: https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/opinions/14/14-1216.pdf

    U.S. citizen living abroad gun rights: http://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/AEDA31C1E55B3DC685257E6D00539B9A/$file/12-5305-1559075.pdf


    12 min

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