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The Supreme Court decides a few dozen cases every year; federal appellate courts decide thousands. So if you love constitutional law, the circuit courts are where it’s at. Join us as we break down some of the week’s most intriguing appellate decisions with a unique brand of insight, wit, and passion for judicial engagement and the rule of law. http://ij.org/short-circuit
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Short Circuit 154 | Class action coupons and a building for Buddhists
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.
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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/ -
Short Circuit 153 | The Wire and Dairy Cows
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.
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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/ -
Short Circuit 152: Election Law 2020 Special
What is with up with the torrent of election law cases coming out these days? IJ’s Diana Simpson and Anthony Sanders are here to give you the scoop. Actually, quite a few scoops, served up in the circuit courts of appeals the last few weeks, and even a couple Supreme Court cases, and a state supreme court case, thrown in. Cut down on just a smidgen of election confusion while time for that is running short.
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Diana Simpson, https://ij.org/staff/diana-simpson/
Anthony Sanders, https://ij.org/staff/asanders/
Wise v. Circosta, https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/Opinions/202104R1.P.pdf
Texas League of United Latin American Citizens v. Hughs, http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/20/20-50867-CV0.pdf
The New Georgia Project v. Raffensperger, https://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/202013360.pdf
Richardson v. Hughs, http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/20/20-50774-CV0.pdf
Texas Democratic Party v. Abbott, http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/20/20-50407-CV1.pdf
Memphis A. Philip Randolph Institute v. Hargett, https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/20a0331p-06.pdf
Priorities USA v. Nessel, https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/20a0336p-06.pdf
Democratic National Committee v. Wisconsin State Legislature, https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/democratic-national-committee-v-wisconsin-state-legislature/
Republican Party of Pennsylvania v. Boockvar, https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/20-542.html -
Short Circuit 151 | Lifetime Leases and Butterflies on Walls
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.
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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/ -
Short Circuit 150 | Vacation rentals, COVID orders, and Electoral College studies
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.
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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/ -
Short Circuit 149 | Supreme Court Preview for Tar Heels
For the fourth year in a row, the Institute for Justice has teamed up with the University of North Carolina Federalist Society Chapter to preview cases for the Supreme Court’s upcoming term. IJ’s Justin Pearson and Erica Smith join with UNC Professor Andy Hessick to share their wisdom on what’s interesting, and what may get even more interesting, in the months to come.
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Justin Pearson, https://ij.org/staff/justin-pearson/
Erica Smith, https://ij.org/staff/esmith/
Andy Hessick, https://law.unc.edu/people/andrew-hessick/
Brownback v. King, https://ij.org/case/brownback-v-king/
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