Short Circuit

When a judge asks you a question, it’s best to give an answer. We briefly discuss an oral argument that IJ Senior Attorney Rob Frommer had last week on South Carolina’s civil forfeiture laws, and listen to some non-answers his opposing counsel gave. Then it’s on to the Fifth Circuit where the court wrestles with a COVID-19 order shutting down Louisiana’s bars, and the Seventh Circuit where both the plaintiff and defendant have some unconventional positions on standing. If you’re playing Short Circuit bingo this episode has got you covered: “Lochner,” “rational basis,” “civil forfeiture,” “Twitter Laureate,” and “subtreasury.” Transcript: https://ij.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Short-Circuit-159.pdf South Carolina Civil Forfeiture, https://ij.org/case/south-carolina-civil-forfeiture/ Big Tyme Investments, LLC v. Edwards, https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/20/20-30537-CV0.pdf Thornley v. Clearview AI, Inc., http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/rssExec.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2021/D01-14/C:20-3249:J:Hamilton:con:T:fnOp:N:2644794:S:0 A Tale of Two Cases and Two Pandemics, https://ij.org/cje-post/a-tale-of-two-cases-and-two-pandemics/ Rob Frommer, https://ij.org/staff/rfrommer/ Josh Windham, https://ij.org/staff/joshua-windham/ Anthony Sanders, https://ij.org/staff/asanders/ iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/podcast/1DFCqDbZTI7kIws11kEhed/overview Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/institute-for-justice/short-circuit Google: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Iz26kyzdcpodkfm5cpz7rlvf76a Newsletter: ij.org/about-us/shortcircuit/ Want to email us? shortcircuit@ij.org

The Fourteenth Amendment’s Privileges or Immunities Clause resurfaces in the Seventh Circuit, where the State of Indiana treated some newcomers differently from some long-time residents. Meanwhile, an Arkansas school district augments a consent decree from the days of school desegregation. But there’s a question of whether it did so for the right reasons. Transcript: https://ij.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/short-circuit-158.pdf Hope v. Commissioner of Indiana Department of Correction, http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/rssExec.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2021/D01-06/C:19-2523:J:Rovner:aut:T:fnOp:N:2640105:S:0 Junction City School District v. Arkansas Department of Education, https://ecf.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/20/12/191340P.pdf Saenz v. Roe, https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/526/489/ Justin Pearson, https://ij.org/staff/justin-pearson/ Robert Peccola, https://ij.org/staff/rpeccola/ Anthony Sanders, https://ij.org/staff/asanders/ iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/podcast/1DFCqDbZTI7kIws11kEhed/overview Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/institute-for-justice/short-circuit Google: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Iz26kyzdcpodkfm5cpz7rlvf76a Newsletter: ij.org/about-us/shortcircuit/ Want to email us? shortcircuit@ij.org

How do you put together a campaign of litigation under various state constitutions across the country? And how to you get state courts to take their own constitutions seriously? On this special Short Circuit we explored these questions through the history of marriage equality litigation in state courts before the issue went to the U.S. Supreme Court. Joining host Anthony Sanders were Professors Lee Carpenter and Ellie Margolis of Temple University’s Beasley School of Law who recently wrote an article on this subject. They recount the history of marriage equality litigation and more broadly examine what to think about when litigating under state constitutions. Whatever the issue is that you’re fighting for—including a few we fight for at the Institute for Justice, such as eminent domain abuse and economic liberty—this is a fun “how to” conversation for public interest lawyers of all kinds. Transcript: https://ij.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Short-Circuit-157-transcript.pdf One Sequin at a Time: Lessons on State Constitutions and Incremental Change from the Campaign for Marriage Equality, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3693109 Lee Carpenter, https://www.law.temple.edu/contact/leonore-f-carpenter/ Ellie Margolis, https://www.law.temple.edu/contact/ellie-margolis/ Anthony Sanders, https://ij.org/staff/asanders/ iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/podcast/1DFCqDbZTI7kIws11kEhed/overview Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/institute-for-justice/short-circuit Google: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Iz26kyzdcpodkfm5cpz7rlvf76a Newsletter: ij.org/about-us/shortcircuit/ Want to email us? shortcircuit@ij.org

Is it time for the Supreme Court to spread some privileges or immunities cheer? Michael Bindas discusses a cert petition pending at SCOTUS on navigating the navigable waters, one of the few rights the Court has said the Privileges or Immunities Clause protects. He also tells us about a Ninth Circuit case on COVID orders and religious liberty. Meanwhile, Diana Simpson digs into a very deep dive of a First Circuit opinion on recording the cops in Massachusetts. Turns out the First Amendment protects it. Transcript: https://ij.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/short-circuit-156.pdf Courtney v. Danner, https://ij.org/case/lake-chelan-ferries/ Project Veritas Action Fund v. Rollins, http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/pdf.opinions/19-1586P-01A.pdf Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley v. Sisolak, https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2020/12/15/20-16169.pdf Michael Bindas, https://ij.org/staff/mbindas/ Diana Simpson, https://ij.org/staff/diana-simpson/ Anthony Sanders, https://ij.org/staff/asanders/ iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/podcast/1DFCqDbZTI7kIws11kEhed/overview Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/institute-for-justice/short-circuit Google: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Iz26kyzdcpodkfm5cpz7rlvf76a Newsletter: ij.org/about-us/shortcircuit/ Want to email us? shortcircuit@ij.org

The first two items in the Bill of Rights get top billing. Does a nine-year-old felony conviction for tax fraud justify continuing to deny someone their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms? That’s something the Third Circuit addressed, with a spirited dissent. Patrick Jaicomo discusses this case about the Second in the Third. Meanwhile, the Fifth Circuit recognizes that new law has come to light regarding the First Amendment, and that changes everything for Dr. Ron Hines, in his quest to bring telemedicine to our animal friends. Without the aid of a fifth, Ari Bargil gives us the history of quite a bit of speech and rational basis action over the last few years in Circuit Number Five. Transcript: https://ij.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Short-Circuit-155-Edited.pdf Folajtar v. Attorney General (2d Amendment case in the 3d Cir.), https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/191687p.pdf?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiT1RjNU56ZzVZVGhoWXpkayIsInQiOiJwbkE1NUdDNmN4ZStQQmlNQWxlUEQ0QWUwanY0ZVp6QWF3ZCtGWGI1ajRqa2t2TzhTTkZUcFhzNWw1XC9qcnpuamJVWXhybnhUc2ZmaHZYdnlnd2RodkxiODlCdVB1ZkJGOUJVZXJaVkYwZzNBRUVCUFJSbU00TUNnRjNpeHpLVFcifQ%3D%3D Hines v. Quillivan, http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/19/19-40605-CV0.pdf Engblom v. Carey (3d Amendment case in the 2d Cir.), https://casetext.com/case/engblom-v-carey St. Joseph Abbey v. Castille, http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions%5Cpub%5C11/11-30756-CV1.wpd.pdf Facts, Not Fantasy, https://ij.org/cje-post/facts-not-fantasy/ Bound By Oath podcast, https://ij.org/boundbyoath Deep Dive podcast, https://ij.org/podcasts/deep-dive-podcast/ Brownback v. King, https://ij.org/case/brownback-v-king/ Tim Sandefur, Rational Basis and the 12(b)(6) Motion: An Unnecessary “Perplexity”, https://pacificlegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Sandefur12b6.pdf Patrick Jaicomo, https://ij.org/staff/patrick-jaicomo/ Ari Bargil, https://ij.org/staff/ari-bargil/ Anthony Sanders, https://ij.org/staff/asanders/ iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/podcast/1DFCqDbZTI7kIws11kEhed/overview Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/institute-for-justice/short-circuit Google: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Iz26kyzdcpodkfm5cpz7rlvf76a Newsletter: ij.org/about-us/shortcircuit/ Want to email us? shortcircuit@ij.org

Class action expert Ted Frank joins to discuss a Ninth Circuit case where the court didn’t think giving class members crummy coupons warranted almost $15 million in attorneys fees. IJ Senior Attorney Jeff Rowes then gets some religion about land use and how the Alabama Constitution protects Buddhists in starting a meditation center. iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/podcast/1DFCqDbZTI7kIws11kEhed/overview Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/institute-for-justice/short-circuit Google: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Iz26kyzdcpodkfm5cpz7rlvf76a Newsletter: ij.org/about-us/shortcircuit/ Want to email us? shortcircuit@ij.org Transcript: https://ij.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Short-Circuit-Episode-154-Edited.pdf Chambers v. Whirlpool Corp., https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2020/11/10/16-56666.pdf Thai Meditation Association of Alabama v. City of Mobile, https://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/201912418.pdf Ted Frank, https://hlli.org/ted-frank/ Jeff Rowes, https://ij.org/staff/jrowes/ Anthony Sanders, https://ij.org/staff/asanders/

Ever seen The Wire? Do you think those cops could have seriously used a team of drones taking photos of Stringer Bell for 12 hours a day? Turns out so does the city of Baltimore itself, whose drone surveillance program was reviewed (yet upheld) by the Fourth Circuit last week. Also, the team discusses what the Washington State Constitution has to do with privileges or immunities in the dairy industry. iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/podcast/1DFCqDbZTI7kIws11kEhed/overview Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/institute-for-justice/short-circuit Google: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Iz26kyzdcpodkfm5cpz7rlvf76a Newsletter: ij.org/about-us/shortcircuit/ Want to email us? shortcircuit@ij.org Transcript: https://ij.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Short-Circuit-Episode-153-Edited.pdf Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle v. Baltimore Police Department, https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/201495.P.pdf Martinez-Cuevas v. Deruyter Brothers Dairy, http://www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/pdf/962677.pdf Courtney v. Danner, https://ij.org/case/lake-chelan-ferries/ Dan Alban, https://ij.org/staff/dalban/ Wesley Hottott, https://ij.org/staff/whottot/ Anthony Sanders, https://ij.org/staff/asanders/

The podcast discusses the recent surge of election law cases and their impact on the 2020 election. Topics include incorrect ballot question certification in Illinois, court rulings on election procedures, varying perspectives on voting rights, challenging Michigan's transportation law, signature verification requirements, and recent developments in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.

We don’t recommend converting apartments into condos in San Francisco. But if you do, it might be hard to bring a takings claim, as we find out why from a recent denial of en banc review in the Ninth Circuit. Meanwhile, the question at the D.C. Circuit is whether butterflies mix with walls. Specifically, The Wall. Turns out, the National Butterfly Center is an open field, so the Fourth Amendment doesn’t have much of a butterfly effect. But the butterflies do have a due process claim, at least for butterfly procedures. Also, next week stay tuned for our election law extravaganza. iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/podcast/1DFCqDbZTI7kIws11kEhed/overview Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/institute-for-justice/short-circuit Google: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Iz26kyzdcpodkfm5cpz7rlvf76a Newsletter: ij.org/about-us/shortcircuit/ Want to email us? shortcircuit@ij.org Transcript: https://ij.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Short-Circuit-Episode-151-Edited.pdf Pakdel v. City and County of San Francisco, https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2020/10/13/17-17504.pdf National American Butterfly Association, https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/0/EEB0F5AB2D921F4685258600004FBB76/$file/19-5052-1865847.pdf Jeff Redfern, https://ij.org/staff/jeffrey-redfern/ Kirby West, https://ij.org/staff/kirby-thomas-west/ Anthony Sanders, https://ij.org/staff/asanders/

On October 16, 2020 the Center for Judicial Engagement is hosting a special online event, our forum on judicial engagement and the Pennsylvania Constitution. Register today at the link below to join in the state constitutional fun! (Plus free CLE for PA bar members.) In the meantime, we discuss a few recent Pennsylvania cases as the warm-up act for the forum next week. Recent cases on economic liberty and separation of powers under the Pennsylvania Constitution get co-equal time, and we also hypothecate (but only hypothecate) on whether a governor can veto a legislature’s attempt to appoint Presidential electors. iTunes: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shor…uit/id309062019 Spotify: podcasters.spotify.com/podcast/1DFCq…Ehed/overview Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/institut…ce/short-circuit Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL2ZlZWRzLnNvdW5kY2xvdWQuY29tL3VzZXJzL3NvdW5kY2xvdWQ6dXNlcnM6ODQ0OTMyNDcvc291bmRzLnJzcw?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjTsdf7z5bsAhXbhXIEHWCfCZwQ9sEGegQIARAM Newsletter: ij.org/about-us/shortcircuit/ Want to email us? shortcircuit@ij.org October 16, 2020 Pennsylvania Constitution State Forum registration, https://ij.org/event/145311-2/ Transcript: https://ij.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/short-circuit-150.pdf Ladd v. Real Estate Commission, https://ij.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/PPM-Decision.pdf Wolf v. Scarnati, https://law.justia.com/cases/pennsylvania/supreme-court/2020/104-mm-2020-0.html Josh Windham, https://ij.org/staff/joshua-windham/ Adam Shelton, https://ij.org/staff/adam-shelton/ Anthony Sanders, https://ij.org/staff/asanders/