Welcome to the latest edition of Short Circuit, a weekly feature penned by a team at the Institute for Justice. This week on the Short Circuit podcast: private rights of action to enforce voting rights, and a failed attempt to get Donald Trump removed from the New Hampshire ballot on insurrection grounds. The D.C. Circuit rules that President Trump is not entitled to official-act immunity for his actions leading up to and on January 6. In a tragic case involving a botched open-sea rescue, a Gloucester, Mass. harbormaster testifies as an expert witness and is punished and harassed by the mayor, after his testimony displeases the Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association. A former CEO is convicted under the financial institution bribery statute for securing loans for Paul Manafort in exchange for a position in the federal government. Sovereign citizen family disputes South Carolina’s plan to expand a road onto their property, resulting in a standoff leading to the death of two police officers. Shreveport, LA handyman spends three years in jail or under house arrest before being acquitted for lack of evidence after being arrested for burglary. In a class action regarding per- or polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) found in the bloodstream of everyone in the United States, the named plaintiff did not show that any of the 10 companies he sued are responsible for the trace amounts found in his bloodstream. Everybody knows that the Chevron doctrine is about to be upended and is still in effect, as evidenced by the Sixth Circuit. A federal prisoner files a grievance against a guard in violation of prison rules, and his case manager intentionally houses him with violent, non-cooperating prisoners who beat him up. In Illinois, a scheming partner buys a bad debt and tries to collect it against hapless partners in state court. Georgia’s Public Service Commission is elected through statewide, at-large elections, which does not unlawfully dilute votes under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The Third Circuit cannot reconsider its decision that a conviction under Pennsylvania’s law of aggravated assault does not qualify as a “violent felony” under the Armed Career Criminal Act, and the Fifth Circuit will reconsider its decision that districts can count as “majority minority” under the Voting Rights Act. The Eleventh Circuit will also reconsider its decision granting resentencing to a Florida man. The U.S. Constitution explicitly protects economic liberty with the Contract Clause, and while 40 state constitutions have their own clauses, their courts have almost always gone along with SCOTUS.