Short Circuit

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Latest Episodes

Short Circuit 386 | Lehto’s License Plates
July 25, 2025

Steve Lehto of Lehtos Law rejoins Short Circuitand for the first time on a YouTube episodeto spread the common sense he delivers daily on his own show. Steve shares a recent opinion from the Kansas

Short Circuit 385 | Pyramid Power
July 18, 2025

We look into the gray area between a multi-level-marketing venture, like Amway, and a pyramid scheme. Appellate attorney Kyle Singhal joins us to discuss a matter of his from the Sixth Circuit where

Short Circuit 384 | Metering Constitutional Rights
July 11, 2025

Can the government force you to only exercise a constitutional right once a month? Could it do that with speech? Or practicing religion? How about keeping and bearing arms? IJs Will Aronin asks that

Short Circuit 383 | Rock ‘n’ Roll Yoga
July 04, 2025

Is speaking to a yoga class speech? The Ninth Circuit recently proclaimed that the answer to that question is actually yes. But before you turn away from this episode because it simply parrots Capta

Short Circuit 382 | Beard Law
June 27, 2025

Who doesnt love a nice beard? It seems the firefighters in Atlantic City. One of their employees wants to wear a beard because of his religion. He doesnt actually fight fires as part of his job, but

Short Circuit 381 | Charo on the Tonight Show
June 20, 2025

We at the Institute for Justice are increasingly involved with combatting retaliation against free speech. Which is why we were highly interested to hear from Daniel Cragg and his recent win at the Ei

Short Circuit 380 | Homicide by Bath
June 13, 2025

Is making someone file a form in the public interest? The Fifth Circuit took a look at that age-old question in a recent case regarding the FCC and its gathering of demographic data. What might seem

Short Circuit 379 | Tariff Bazookas
June 06, 2025

With the recent major tariff rulings we had to pull in a major tariff expert, Scott Lincicome of the Cato Institute. Scott digs into the shocking decision, as even he puts it, from the Court of Inte

Short Circuit 378 | Come and Take It
May 30, 2025

Fans of truckers should enjoy this episode, although they may grow angry hearing about a truck stop that never was to be. Tahmineh Dehbozorgi of IJ tells us of a property owner in Georgia who wanted t

Short Circuit 377 | Zen and the Art of the Nondelegation Doctrine
May 23, 2025

Sometimes a short ride goes a long way. Casey Mattox of Stand Together comes on to tell us how a dirt biker in Nevada may end up making some constitutional history. Agents of the Bureau of Land Manage