Unpublished Opinions

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Unpublished Opinions 12 | Raise You a Texas
John Wrench of IJ returns as your host for some courthouse conversations with his colleagues Diana Simpson and Josh Windham. They spill out their opinions on what can be weird about state court legal
Unpublished Opinions 11 | Bush v. Gore Energy
In our first episode of 2025 we livecast a Supreme Court opinion whose release happened to cross into our pre-scheduled recording slotthe ruling in the TikTok case. Our comments relevance and time
Unpublished Opinions 10 | TikTok Law Review
John Wrench of IJ takes the reins and the show quickly descends into law review comedy hour with footnotes of puns dominating the discourse. If you have to drop a footnote, perhaps you shouldnt make
Unpublished Opinions 9 | We Should Get a Cape
Unpublished Opinions 9 | We Should Get a Cape Its time for our panel to wig out. For some. Others are not exactly excited about judges (or advocates) wearing wigs. Before that, though, your chatty
Unpublished Opinions 8 | I’m More of a Space Lawyer
Its our first breakout episode where we have our own feed and webpageplus our own logo. And that means its time to get into the legal weeds. Sam Gedge, John Wrench, and Anthony Sanders of the Inst
Unpublished Opinions 7 | Ignorant Bliss
Another episode of that podcast thats not Short Circuit but features Institute for Justice attorneys talking about the law. Anya Bidwell rejoins the panel while she waits for the opinion in her Supre
Unpublished Opinions 6 | Little Contract Tricks
Its been a while but were back with an episode of Unpublished Opinions. Herein IJ attorneys Anya Bidwell, Patrick Jaicomo, and your host talk about . . . Anyas recent Supreme Court oral argument, h
New Jersey Was Caught Keeping Baby Blood
Unbeknownst to parents, a portion of their babys blood remained unused after a standard screening was complete. And New Jersey had unilaterally decided that it could keep that blood for 23 years. Eve
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Unpublished Opinions 5 | Legal Fictions
Its the latest episode of Unpublished Opinions, a Short Circuit podcast (but not actually Short Circuit). This is the podcast where Institute for Justice attorneys talk about the legal world beyond t