Short Circuit

A cert grant, a cert petition, sanctuary cities, and pilfered Spanish gold. Use iTunes? itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short…cuit/id309062019 Use Android (RSS)? feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundclo…247/sounds.rss Newsletter: ij.org/about-us/shortcircuit/ Want to email us? shortcircuit@ij.org Cert grant: https://ij.org/press-release/u-s-supreme-court-will-hear-police-accountability-case/ Cert petition: https://ij.org/case/miami-forfeiture-attorneys-fees/ Sanctuary cities: http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/pdf.opinions/19-1802P-01A.pdf Gold bar: http://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/201813282.pdf

Cert petitions, a prison shank public records request and an arrest for being a smart mouth. Use iTunes? itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short…cuit/id309062019 Use Android (RSS)? feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundclo…247/sounds.rss Newsletter: ij.org/about-us/shortcircuit/ Want to email us? shortcircuit@ij.org Prison shank: https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/0/0EE1E9783C2A9C9D8525852700504E8C/$file/18-5068-1832659.pdf Smart mouth QI: https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/20a0083p-06.pdf Carousel Farms: https://ij.org/case/woodcrest-homes-inc-v-carousel-farms-metro-dis/ Task Force accountability: https://ij.org/case/brownback-v-king/ Police theft: https://ij.org/press-release/police-stole-225k-in-cash-and-coins-and-the-courts-said-okay/

Double jeopardy, the Air Force’s effective ban on deploying HIV-positive airmen, and leaving supplies in the desert for migrants crossing the border. Use iTunes? itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short…cuit/id309062019 Use Android (RSS)? feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundclo…247/sounds.rss Newsletter: ij.org/about-us/shortcircuit/ Want to email us? shortcircuit@ij.org Double jeopardy: https://www.armfor.uscourts.gov/newcaaf/opinions/2019OctTerm/170263.pdf New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/11/14/three-trials-for-murder Air Force & HIV: http://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/191410.P.pdf Leaving supplies in the desert: https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6763128/2020-02-03-Hoffman-DE22-Order-Reversing.pdf

Lynching & grand jury secrecy, property destruction during a wrongful arrest, and a minimum wage fight. Use iTunes? itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short…cuit/id309062019 Use Android (RSS)? feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundclo…247/sounds.rss Newsletter: ij.org/about-us/shortcircuit/ Want to email us? shortcircuit@ij.org Andrew Fleischman: https://www.rossandpines.com/attorneys/andrew-s-fleischman/ Eric Segall: https://law.gsu.edu/profile/eric-j-segall/ Michael Wells: http://www.law.uga.edu/profile/michael-l-wells Anya Bidwell: https://ij.org/staff/anya-bidwell/ Cases: Lewis v. Governor of Alabama (panel): http://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/201711009.pdf Lewis v. Governor of Alabama (en benc): http://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/201711009.enb.pdf Glenn v. The State: https://ij.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Glenn-v.-The-State.pdf Pitch v. United States: http://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/201715016.pdf

Prohibitions on excessive fines date back at least as far as Magna Carta in 1215, and the U.S. Constitution has barred excessive fines since 1791. But the Supreme Court has only recently begun to interpret what the Excessive Fines Clause means, and it wasn't until 2019 that the Court said the Clause applies to the states. On this episode: the story of how the Supreme Court finally began to incorporate the Bill of Rights rights against the states and the history of excessive fines.

A police officer’s suit against a Black Lives Matter protest leader, a qualified immunity cert petition, and Frank Easterbrook rips the DOJ. Use iTunes? https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Use Android (RSS)? http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:84493247/sounds.rss Newsletter: http://ij.org/about-us/shortcircuit/ Want to email us? shortcircuit@ij.org Black Lives Matter (April 2019): https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4613290/john-doe-v-deray-mckesson/ Black Lives Matter (August 2019): http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/17/17-30864-CV0.pdf Black Lives Matter cert petition: https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/field_document/mckesson_v_doe_cert_petn_and_appendix.pdf Black Lives Matter (December 2019): http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/17/17-30864-CV1.pdf Kelsay v. Ernst panel decision: https://ecf.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/18/09/172181P.pdf Kelsay v. Ernst en banc decision: https://ecf.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/19/08/172181P.pdf Kelsay v. Ernst cert peti

Learn all about a topic many people can’t stop talking about: “nationwide injunctions.” Scott Keller of Baker Botts, and formerly the Solicitor General for the State of Texas, speaks with CJE Director Anthony Sanders about injunctions, the constitution, and even courts of equity in jolly ol’ England. Use iTunes? https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Use Android (RSS)? http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:84493247/sounds.rss Newsletter: http://ij.org/about-us/shortcircuit/ Want to email us? shortcircuit@ij.org SPEAKERS Scott Keller, appellate lawyer: https://www.bakerbotts.com/people/k/keller-scott-a Anthony Sanders, Director of the Center for Judicial Engagement: https://ij.org/staff/asanders/ RESOURCES: Texas, et al. v. United States (DAPA case):https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions%5Cpub%5C15/15-40238-CV0.pdf Facial Unconstitutionality & Universal Injunctions: https://ij.org/sc_blog/facial-unconstitutionality-universal-injunctions/ Multiple Chancellors: Reforming the

On January 22, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument in an IJ case, Espinoza v. Montana Dept. of Revenue. At issue is a Montana school choice program that allowed families to send their children to private schools, including religious ones. The Montana Supreme Court said the program violated the state’s Blaine Amendment, a relic of 19th-century anti-Catholic hysteria that lives on today in 37 states constitutions, and struck the program down in 2018. The U.S. Supreme Court, however, will consider whether discriminating against religious options violates the First Amendment. On this podcast, we take a look at the history of Blaine Amendments, school choice, and one-size-fits-all schooling. https://ij.org/case/montana-school-choice/

Maryland political advertising, Texas liquor protectionism, and sham review of habeas petitions. Planned Giving: http://ij.plannedgiving.org/ Use iTunes? itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short…cuit/id309062019 Use Android (RSS)? feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundclo…247/sounds.rss Newsletter: ij.org/about-us/shortcircuit/ Want to email us? shortcircuit@ij.org Election interference: http://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/191132.P.pdf Wal-Mart liquor: http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/18/18-50299-CV1.pdf IJ’s equal protection amicus: https://libationlawblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Walmart-v-Texas-Institute-for-Justice-Amicus-Brief.pdf Sham review cert petition: https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/18/18-8341/91333/20190311112740772_00000007.pdf Justice Sotomayor’s statement respecting denial of cert (starts page 14): https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/120919zor_ihdj.pdf

IJ.org/donate Seattle homelessness, privacy for political donors, and a city sues a state. Use iTunes? itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short…cuit/id309062019 Use Android (RSS)? feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundclo…247/sounds.rss Newsletter: ij.org/about-us/shortcircuit/ Want to email us? shortcircuit@ij.org Delaware judicial appointments: https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/carney-v-adams/ Seattle homeless sweeps: http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2019/11/29/18-35053.pdf Donor privacy: http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2019/03/29/16-55727.pdf IJ's amicus in support of cert: https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/19/19-251/116781/20190924125402029_Brief%20of%20Amicus%20Curiae%20Institute%20for%20Justice%20in%20Support%20of%20Petitioners.pdf Austin v. Texas housing vouchers: http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/18/18-50646-CV0.pdf

Oyster takings, eminent domain in Colorado, and eminent domain in the Philippines. Use iTunes? https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Use Android (RSS)? http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:84493247/sounds.rss Newsletter: http://ij.org/about-us/shortcircuit/ Want to email us? shortcircuit@ij.org Virginia oystermen: https://www.inversecondemnation.com/inversecondemnation/2019/11/city-we-have-the-right-to-pollute-virginia-oystermens-petition-asserting-a-taking-.html Colorado eminent domain: https://ij.org/case/woodcrest-homes-inc-v-carousel-farms-metro-dis/ Philippines eminent domain: https://www.inversecondemnation.com/inversecondemnation/2019/09/berman-international-takings-must-undergo-painstaking-judicial-scrutiny.html

SWAT destroys an innocent persons house, Baltimore food trucks, and making innocent owners whole in civil forfeiture cases. Use iTunes? itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short…cuit/id309062019 Use Android (RSS)? feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundclo…247/sounds.rss Newsletter: ij.org/about-us/shortcircuit/ Want to email us? shortcircuit@ij.org Consent to SWAT destroying your house: http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2019/07/25/18-35300.pdf Maryland’s law of the land clause: https://ij.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Court-of-Appeals-Brief-FINAL.pdf Miami forfeiture cert petition: https://ij.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Salgado-v.-United-States-of-America-Petition-for-a-Writ-of-Certiorari.pdf

Dry celling, panhandler speech, and judicial abdication most foul at the Washington Supreme Court. Use iTunes? itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short…cuit/id309062019 Use Android (RSS)? feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundclo…247/sounds.rss Newsletter: ij.org/about-us/shortcircuit/ Want to email us? shortcircuit@ij.org Dry cell: https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/181811p.pdf Arkansas panhandling: https://ecf.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/19/11/173219P.pdf Property rights in Washington state: https://ij.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/95813-1-Opinion.pdf Washington appendix: https://ij.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Yim-v-Seattle-Op.-Appendix.pdf

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.

SWAT destroys an innocent person’s house, privacy in your backyard, and productive use of abandoned property. Use iTunes? https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Use Android (RSS)? http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:84493247/sounds.rss Newsletter: http://ij.org/about-us/shortcircuit/ https://ij.org/opportunities/employment-opportunities/ SWAT takings: https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/opinions/18/18-1051.pdf Tree camera: https://ij.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/treecamera.pdf Adverse possession: https://ij.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/adverse-possession.pdf

A special Third Circuit episode featuring Claire Finkelstein, Mitch Berman, and Matthew Stiegler. Recorded before a live student audience at the invitation of the Penn Law chapter of the Federalist Society. Claire Finkelstein and Mitch Berman are professors at Penn Law. Matthew Stiegler is an appellate attorney and the proprietor of CA3blog. Use iTunes? itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short…cuit/id309062019 Use Android (RSS)? feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundclo…247/sounds.rss Newsletter: ij.org/about-us/shortcircuit/ Want to email us? shortcircuit@ij.org Adams v. Governor of Delaware: https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/181045p.pdf Pellegrino v. TSA: https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/153047pen.pdf

Want to learn about the cases at the Supreme Court this year? Want to challenge your knowledge of “SCOTUS Geography”? Then listen into the Center for Judicial Engagement’s annual Supreme Court preview! Recorded earlier this week at the University of North Carolina. Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, https://ij.org/case/montana-school-choice/ Allen v. Cooper, https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/allen-v-cooper/ U.S. v. $70,670.00, http://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/201810312.pdf City of Boise v. Martin, https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/city-of-boise-idaho-v-martin/

A Ninth Circuit episode featuring Eugene Volokh, Richard Re, and Robert Everett Johnson. Recorded live before a student audience at the invitation of the UCLA chapter of the Federalist Society. Eugene Volokh and Richard Re are professors at UCLA Law. Robert Everett Johnson is an associate at Jones Day. Use iTunes? itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short…cuit/id309062019 Use Android (RSS)? feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundclo…247/sounds.rss Newsletter: ij.org/about-us/shortcircuit/ Want to email us? shortcircuit@ij.org The Koala v. Khosla: http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2019/07/24/17-55380.pdf City of Los Angeles v. Barr: https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2019/07/12/18-55599.pdf Biel v. St. James School panel decision: http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2018/12/17/17-55180.pdf Biel v. St. James School dissent from denial of en banc review: http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2019/06/25/17-55180.pdf

In 1842, the city of New Orleans prosecuted Father Bernard Permoli, a Catholic priest, for conducting an open casket funeral. A violation of the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment? The Supreme Court said no: The protections in the Bill of Rights did not bind state and local governments. Then in 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment is ratified, and it incorporated the Bill of Rights against the states–or did it? On this episode, the failure of incorporation after Reconstruction.

Auer deference, the citizenship question, and the nondelegation doctrine. Use iTunes? https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Use Android (RSS)? http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:84493247/sounds.rss Newsletter: http://ij.org/about-us/shortcircuit/ Want to email us? shortcircuit@ij.org Kisor v. Wilkie (Auer deference): https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/kisor-v-wilkie/ Department of Commerce v. New York (Citizenship question) https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/department-of-commerce-v-new-york/ Gundy v. United States (Nondelegation): https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/gundy-v-united-states/ IJ amicus in support of reinvigorating the nondelegation doctrine: https://ij.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/SCOTUS-Gundy-v.-US-Brief-of-Amicus-Curiae-Institute-for-Justice_6.1.2018.pdf