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. IJ is going to The Show for the 14th time! On Monday, the Supreme Court announced that it was granting review in the case of Sun Valley Orchards, which the Department of Labor started targeting for penalties in 2015. Represented by IJ, Sun Valley fought back, and last year the Third Circuit unanimously held that DOL's in-house courts violated the Constitution. Now the Supreme Court has a chance to extend that ruling nationwide. New on the Short Circuit podcast: The government's power over home distilling and virtual school vaccinations. Whistleblower goes to the media with information about misconduct by a large company. The SEC opens an investigation and asks the whistleblower for information, which he provides. The whistleblower then files an application for a monetary award, available to individuals who "voluntarily" provide "original information" to the SEC. SEC: Sorry, the disclosure wasn't made "voluntarily" because we asked you for the information after we saw the news stories. C. Circuit: Which is a fine interpretation of "voluntarily." But the SEC can also waive that requirement and needs to explain