Please enjoy the latest edition of Short Circuit, a weekly feature written by a bunch of people at the Institute for Justice.
New case! Last year, in Rivera v. Borough of Pottstown, a Pennsylvania appeals court ruled that individualized suspicion is required before gov't officials can get a warrant to search homes for code violations. Which was great! But now the borough is demanding that renters submit to suspicionless searches by private inspectors. So, folks, we're doing Rivera v. Pottstown II.
New on the Short Circuit podcast: We place our bets—sorry, predictions—on whether Kalshi is on the up-and-up when it comes to Indian gaming and on prediction market regulation more generally.