Short Circuit

This podcast explores topics such as Maryland's political advertising law, discrimination based on topic and compelled speech in advertising, the burdensome regulatory framework for platforms, Walmart's legal battle with the Texas Alcohol Beverage Commission, and the importance of judicial engagement and meaningful judicial review in court cases.

Delaware's judicial selection system exclusion, Seattle's homeless camp property destruction, Institute for Justice's work, conflict between city and state over low-income vouchers, pre-enforcement challenges discussed

This podcast explores topics such as oyster takings and eminent domain cases in both Colorado and the Philippines. It discusses the concept of common property, government authority over it, and the right to pollute. The episode also highlights the issue of unchecked municipal district power in Colorado and the role of courts in deciding eminent domain cases. Additionally, it touches on the Land for the Landless program in the Philippines and the constitutional implications surrounding blighted property.

SWAT destroying innocent person's house with consent, police misconduct search, food truck ban case in Baltimore, vagueness and law of the land claims for mobile food vendors, protection of liberties in civil forfeiture cases

Exploring judicial engagement, a court case raises questions about the conditions of confinement. Court case challenges anti-loitering ban targeting panhandling and debates scope of relief. Dissenting judge examines constitutionality of a law and impact of injunctive relief. Discussion on government's right to enforce unconstitutional laws and property rights. Highlights importance of judicial engagement and considering justifications for laws.

If the government is going to take away life, liberty, or property, the due process of law requires it to follow fair procedures. But, according to the Supreme Court, that’s not all that due process requires. The government also must have a good reason to take life, liberty, or property. On this episode, we head to Akron, Ohio where city officials have shut down a privately run homeless community—without a good reason.

A discussion on police destroying a home while apprehending a suspect, exploring property rights cases, the evolution of the Fourth Amendment, and the doctrine of adverse possession. Also, litigation involving a casino's attempt to take a family home for redevelopment and the importance of judicial engagement in protecting private property rights.

The guests on this episode are Claire Finkelstein, Mitch Berman, and Matthew Stiegler. They discuss topics such as contractions in legal writing, the Third Circuit court's composition and recent shift, constitutional challenges to judge appointment processes, and the firing of public employees based on political affiliation. They also explore the pros and cons of elected versus appointed judges and the role of test cases in developing constitutional law.

Supreme Court preview featuring guest_name_1. Topics include sexual orientation discrimination, Second Amendment rights, Puerto Rico appointments, educational choice programs, copyright infringement, sovereign immunity, civil forfeiture injustices, Boise versus Martin, speculation on Supreme Court cases.

Law professors Eugene Volokh and Richard Re discuss Kennedy's retirement and its impact on the court, the relevance of the 11th Amendment and sovereign immunity in a lawsuit against a university, the collection of funds from students and potential discrimination lawsuits, a hypothetical scenario about the enforcement of federal gun laws, a case touching on immigration and administrative agency interpretation, applying the ministerial exception in religious liberty cases, and the requirements for participation in marriage ceremonies and judges' decision making.