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Podcast Bound By Oath by IJ

Bound By Oath by IJ

Institute for Justice

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Government

Frequency: 1 episode/69d. Total Eps: 41

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Bound by Oath is a podcast series from the Center for Judicial Engagement at the Institute for Justice. It’s where the Constitution’s past catches up with the present. Article VI of the U.S. Constitution requires every judge to be “bound by Oath” to uphold “this Constitution.” But to understand if judges are following that oath, it’s important to ask, “What is in ‘this Constitution’?” Your host John Ross takes a deep dive into the Constitution’s text, history, and characters, and interviews historians, legal scholars, and the real people involved in historic and contemporary cases.
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Special Weapons and Tactics | Season 3, Ep. 10

Season 3 ¡ Episode 10

mercredi 1 janvier 2025 • Duration 01:07:32

In 2020, a police SWAT team blew up Vicki Baker's house after a fugitive barricaded himself inside. On this episode, we ask: who pays the tab when the government damages or destroys private property for the public good — the unlucky owner or the public as a whole? Click here for episode transcript. Pumpelly v. Green Bay & Mississippi Canal Company Armstrong v. United States

Punishment Without Crime | Season 3, Ep. 9

Season 3 ¡ Episode 9

vendredi 30 août 2024 • Duration 01:14:08

Civil forfeiture is a civil rights nightmare, allowing police and prosecutors to seize billions of dollars’ worth of property annually—cash, cars, houses, bank accounts, and more—without charging anyone with a crime, let alone obtaining a conviction. On this episode, we trace the rise of the modern forfeiture regime in the 1970s and 80s, and we look at forfeiture's historic roots. Click here for episode transcript. Miller v. United States The Palmyra Bennis v. Michigan

Season 3 Teaser

Season 3

lundi 20 novembre 2023 • Duration 03:28

Season 3 of Bound By Oath is coming soon! Click here for transcript.

State Remedies | Season 2, Ep. 11

Season 2 ¡ Episode 11

mercredi 16 mars 2022 • Duration 01:31:38

With the doors to federal court closing on civil rights claims, this final episode of Season 2 heads to new terrain: state court. Click here for transcript. Click here for Episode 1.

Prosecutors, Perjurers, and Other Non-Persons — Part 2 | Season 2, Ep. 10

Season 2 ¡ Episode 10

mercredi 10 novembre 2021 • Duration 45:49

In 1983, in the case of Briscoe v. LaHue, the Supreme Court ruled that government employees who commit perjury at trial are absolutely immune from civil liability. On Part 2 of Episode 10, we dig into the Court’s reasoning and the backstory behind Briscoe. We also discuss a special category of officials whom the Supreme Court has said are not entitled to absolute immunity, but to whom lower courts have granted immunity anyway. Click here for transcript. Click here for Episode 1. Click for Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, and Stitcher. The post Prosecutors, Perjurers, and Other Non-Persons — Part 2 | Season 2, Ep. 10 appeared first on Institute for Justice.

Prosecutors, Perjurers, and Other Non-Persons — Part 1 | Season 2, Ep. 10

Season 2 ¡ Episode 10

vendredi 5 novembre 2021 • Duration 58:45

In 2005, Charles Rehberg annoyed some politically powerful people in his community of Albany, Georgia, and found himself facing serious criminal charges—charges that were completely made up by a rogue prosecutor and could only be sustained because an investigator committed perjury. In Episode 10, we explore the case of Rehberg v. Paulk, which reached the Supreme Court in 2012. On Part 1 of Episode 10: the doctrine of absolute prosecutorial immunity, where it came from, and why the Supreme Court thinks it’s a good idea. Click here for transcript. Click here for Episode 1. Click for Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, and Stitcher. The post Prosecutors, Perjurers, and Other Non-Persons — Part 1 | Season 2, Ep. 10 appeared first on Institute for Justice.

Closing the Courthouse Doors | Season 2, Ep. 9

Season 2 ¡ Episode 9

jeudi 2 septembre 2021 • Duration 56:51

On this episode, we take stock of developments in the courts and in Congress since this season began. There's an update on the first case we talked about this season, Brownback v. King. We talk about exciting new cases that the Supreme Court is being asked to take up. Plus, some recent decisions in the lower courts that mean that federal officials are functionally—if not by name—entitled to absolute immunity from constitutional claims in D.C., Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Iowa, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Click here for transcript. Click here for Episode 1. Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Stitcher, and Amazon Music.

Persons Who Are Not “Persons” | Season 2, Ep. 8

Season 2 ¡ Episode 8

vendredi 13 août 2021 • Duration 01:02:25

Section 1983 says that "every person" acting under color of state law shall be liable for violating the Constitution. But in 1951, the Supreme Court began to rule that some officials weren't "persons" within the meaning of Section 1983 and that those officials thus enjoy absolute immunity—no matter how malicious, corrupt, or unconstitutional their conduct may be. On Episode 8, we examine absolute immunity for legislators and judges. Click here for transcript. Click here for Episode 1. Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, and Stitcher.

The Shooting of Bobby Moore — Part 2 | Season 2, Ep. 7

Season 2 ¡ Episode 7

lundi 21 juin 2021 • Duration 01:01:34

In 1978, the Supreme Court held that individuals can sue local governments for constitutional violations in federal court. Indeed, the Court held that Congress had always intended for such suits to be available — ever since it passed the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871. However, the standard that the Court says plaintiffs must meet to get their municipal liability claims before a jury is exceedingly high, and getting higher. On Part 2 of our episode on municipal liability under Section 1983, we find out if Sylvia Perkins mustered enough evidence of dysfunction at the Little Rock Police Department to get her day in court against the city. Click here for transcript. Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, and Stitcher. Please click here to learn more about friend-of-the-podcast Coleman Watson's stroke and recovery.

The Shooting of Bobby Moore — Part 1 | Season 2, Ep. 7

Season 2 ¡ Episode 7

vendredi 18 juin 2021 • Duration 44:36

In 2012, Little Rock police officer Josh Hastings shot and killed 15-year-old Bobby Moore and lied about how it happened. Hastings had a long history of untruthfulness and so did many of the officers who trained him and supervised him. And the Little Rock Police Department had a history of turning a blind eye to excessive force by its officers. So when Bobby's mother sued over his death, she didn't just sue Josh Hastings. She also sued the City of Little Rock. But could she? On this episode, the first half of a two-part exploration into municipal liability under Section 1983. Click here for transcript. Click here for Part 2. Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, and Stitcher. From the IJ Clinic on Entrepreneurship: Shop in Place Chicago and Yohance Lacour.

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