Episodes

• November 22, 2019

  Universal Injunctions, Zoning, and Other Hot Issues in the Law

  Hot Issues in the Law

  

  We talk with the director of IJ’s Center for Judicial Engagement about a few of the issues the legal community is buzzing about at the moment.

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• November 14, 2019

  Law for Non-Lawyers – Due Process and Equal Protection

  Learn the Basics of Constitutional Law

  

  This discussion is a continuation of our foray into law for non-lawyers. Many people are familiar with the concepts of “due process” and “equal protection,” but where are they found in the Constitution, and what do they look like in practice?

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• October 29, 2019

  Law for Non-Lawyers – Standards of Review

  Learn the Basics of Constitutional Law

  

  What does it mean when courts apply “strict scrutiny” in their review of a law? Why do property, economic, and other vital liberties get only “rational basis” review? And why do these things matter to a constitutional litigator? Learn all this and more in today’s Deep Dive with the Institute for Justice.

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• September 17, 2019

  Blaine Amendments and Educational Choice

  Previewing IJ's next case at the United States Supreme Court

  

  Never heard the term “Blaine Amendments” before? The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to hear IJ’s educational choice case Ezpinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue is likely to change that. In today’s Deep Dive IJ Senior Attorney Tim Keller and IJ Attorney Erica Smith describe what Blaine Amendments are, why they matter to parents who simply…

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• August 27, 2019

  District Works

  Improving a City from the Ground Up

  

  When IJ Associate Director of Activism Brooke Fallon started talking to entrepreneurs in Washington, D.C., about their experience doing business in the District, she got an earful about the burdens and challenges they face just trying to get off the ground. The result of those conversations was District Works, an IJ-led project and coalition of…

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• August 27, 2019

  Amicus Briefs

  Uses (and Misuses) of Amicus Briefs

  

  IJ Senior Attorneys Robert McNamara and Paul Sherman discuss amicus briefs: what they are, where they came from, and how IJ—and others—use them for maximum impact.

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