Short Circuit 216 | Sovereign Immunity and NIMBY Neighbors

Short Circuit

English - April 20, 2022 19:24 - 42 minutes - 34.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 142 ratings
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Suing the United States government is really hard. So hard that someone's family might not get to even if the government is at fault for that person dying in a flood. Adam Shelton explains why that luckily might not be true in this case, but all too often is. Then Diana Simpson walks us through a procedural pretzel of property rights preventing people from putting up homes. She also discusses some old cases you might not know about, but really should.

Barron v. United States, https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/21/21-50776-CV0.pdf

Rice v. Village of Johnstown, https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/22a0068p-06.pdf

IJ's Amicus Brief in Xi v. Haugen, https://ij.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Xiaoxing_Xi-amicus.pdf

Eubank v. Richmond, https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/226/137/

Adam Shelton, https://ij.org/staff/adam-shelton/

Diana Simpson, https://ij.org/staff/diana-simpson/

Anthony Sanders, https://ij.org/staff/asanders/