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

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! In 2022, a SWAT team blew up IJ client Carlos Pena's print shop in Los Angeles while trying to apprehend a fugitive—and the city stuck Carlos with the tab. But the Fifth Amendment requires just compensation when the gov't intentionally damages or destroys an innocent person's property, so we're asking the Supreme Court to take up the case and remind lower courts that that's been the law for a long time. (Click here for a lovingly crafted podcast on the history.)

This week on the Short Circuit podcast: We dive into the Byzantine flowchart that is civil forfeiture, as detailed in IJ's new report Policing for Profit 4.