Episode Details

On this episode of Short Circuit, the team tackles the following cases: After an unpleasant encounter with TSA, woman reports them--and then gets "creatively" charged with crimes like possessing instruments of crime, AKA, her luggage. She sues, but the court has to decide: are TSA officials law enforcement officers? The Iowa Supreme Court has to decide if the Iowa Constitution provides greater privacy protections against car searches than the federal Constitution's 4th Amendment. Spoiler: Iowa's protections are greater. The federal agency that approves pipelines, FERC, relies on user fees from the regulated community. Does the agency have an impermissible incentive to approve pipelines from the companies paying fees?

Speakers

John K. Ross (Editor and Producer, Short Circuit)

Diana Simpson (Attorney, IJ)

Dan Alban (Attorney, IJ)

Resources:

TSA screeners: www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/153047p.pdf

Iowa inventory searches: www.iowacourts.gov/courtcases/155/…emeCourtOpinion

FERC incentives: www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opini…84-1739812.pdf