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Worked as a attorney litigating school choice cases across the country.

We represented, along with the Institute for Justice, a family out of Montana called the Espinoza family.

We also worked on helping repeal policies that prevented new private schools from opening, new homeschool associations from forming.

And so kind of everything that I've done in my 16 years in K through 12 has always been about, you know, how can we give parents more freedom, more choice, more autonomy when it comes to their children's education? And so it was kind of a natural step then after working in schools, starting schools, helping create and implement policy that I would move over and actually make sure that the software experience, the way that most parents deal with an ESA or a voucher or a tax credit is easy.

But anyway, let's get back to the silver money.

Well, before we move on, let me just tell you, call the Goldwater Institute or the Institute for Justice and see if they'll take your case.

Because that seems like pretty steep fine.

Highway robbery.

but the statistics on the technology's crime reduction results so far have been mixed.

A recent working paper by researchers at University of South Carolina found that the license plate reader networks reduce motor theft, but the Arlington, Virginia-based Institute for Justice disputed the survey and questioned the interpretation of the findings, adding that disquiet about the technology appears to be more than a public is ready for.

In a trade-off between surveillance and security, The alleged abuse of the technology by law enforcement officials has raised alarm bells even among voters who traditionally rate being tough on crime as a key election issue.

Now here's a great quote.

The Libertas Institute pitched a seven-bill series.

The Institute for Justice proposed three different changes that basically would require warrants for this data to be accessed.

set limits on how long the data would exist, whether it be deleted in 24 hours or seven days.

Currently, the limit is nine months that this data can be accessed for.

one of the few areas where I agree with Governor DeWine.

In recent years, especially with the work with the Institute for Justice, so many people have been exonerated from death row.

I'm not saying that they were completely innocent.

They may have been involved with other issues, other crimes, but we don't put them to death just because, well, they've got a bad history.

Hello, and welcome to Short Circuit, your podcast on the Federal Courts of Appeals.

I'm your host, Anthony Sanders, Director of the Center for Judicial Engagement at the Institute for Justice.

We are recording this, that is what I'm saying right now, on Saturday, October 17th, 2026.

But...

It's great to be here.

Nice talking to you.

So I am here with Julian Ellis, who is a Colorado attorney who is involved in all kinds of things that cross paths with what we do at the Institute for Justice.

So Julian, tell us a bit about your practice and then your experience with the Tenth Circuit.