Please enjoy the latest edition of Short Circuit, a weekly feature written by a bunch of people at the Institute for Justice.
New cert petition: At summary judgment, judges are supposed to apply the law to undisputed facts, leaving factual disputes to be decided by a jury. But earlier this year, an Eighth Circuit panel usurped the jury's role, said that dashcam video shows something that it does not show, and granted qualified immunity to an officer who pulled a taser on an innocent and compliant mom. Which is an outrage, and the Supreme Court should take a look.
