Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

This article is a curated digest of federal appellate rulings written by the Institute for Justice (a libertarian public-interest law firm), published by Reason magazine. The framing centers cases where government overreach, prison conditions, and due-process violations are highlighted—particularly sympathetic to civil liberties and individual-rights claims against state actors. Language is colloquial and occasionally playful ("radicalized IJ's Mike Greenberg into Erie abolitionism"), which maintains accessibility while subtly signaling the author's perspective.

Primary voices: NGO or civil society, media outlet, academic or expert

• This article does not address the substantive legal reasoning or counterarguments presented in dissenting or concurring opinions in full
• This article does not provide context on whether selected rulings represent broader judicial trends or outlier decisions