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Are Boat Strikes Legal & Right to Counsel
National security law expert Matthew Waxman, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the Trump administration’s strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats. Former Manhattan prosecutor and criminal defense attorney Paul Callan, of counsel at Edelman & Edelman, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments over whether a lawyer can discuss his client’s testimony during an overnight break in the testimony. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oregon & Illinois Sue Trump & Senior Leaders Exit DOJ
Constitutional law expert Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses lawsuits over the Trump administration sending National Guard troops into Portland, Oregon and Chicago, Illinois. Bloomberg Law reporter Suzanne Monyak discusses the number of senior career leaders who have left the Justice Department. M. Todd Henderson, a professor at the University of Chicago Law School, discusses lawsuits against prediction market platform Kalshi Inc. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New SCOTUS Term & Thomas Disses Precedent
Former United States Solicitor General Gregory Garre, a partner at Latham & Watkins, discusses the upcoming Supreme Court term. Constitutional law professor David Super, of Georgetown Law, discusses Justice Clarence Thomas’ comments downplaying the importance of precedent. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Trump Can't Fire Fed's Cook Now & Oregon Sues Trump
Elliott Stein, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Litigation Analyst, discusses the Supreme Court refusing to allow President Trump to immediately fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses Oregon suing Trump over deploying the National Guard and Dreamers being able to sign up for DACA again. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Upcoming Cases at the Supreme Court
Former United States Solicitor General Gregory Garre, a partner at Latham & Watkins, discusses the upcoming Supreme Court term from cases over tariffs and presidential power to transgender rights and copyright. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Justice Thomas Cautions Against Following Precedent
Constitutional law expert David Super, a professor at Georgetown law, discusses conservative Justice Clarence Thomas cautioning against relying on precedent. Healthcare attorney Harry Nelson, a partner at Leech Tishman Nelson Hardiman, discusses the legal road ahead for the manufacturer of Tylenol. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Trump Can Withhold Billions in Foreign Aid & Trial Lawyers' Warning
Constitutional law expert Suzanne Goldberg, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the Supreme Court’s conservatives allowing the Trump administration to withhold $4 billion in congressionally approved foreign aid. Richard Deane, Jr., the president of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a former US Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, discusses the organization’s warning that Trump’s demands to prosecute his political enemies, are an attack on the rule of law. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Weekend Law: Comey Indicted, Wind Farms & Hate Speech
Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey. Environmental law expert Pat Parenteau, a professor at the Vermont Law & Graduate School, discusses federal judge Royce Lamberth allowing a wind farm to go forward over the Trump administration’s stop work order. First Amendment expert Timothy Zick, a professor at William & Mary Law School, discusses why hate speech is free speech. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Trump Urges Prosecution of Enemies & Luigi Mangione
Former federal prosecutor Jessica Roth, a professor at Cardozo Law School, discusses President Trump calling on his Attorney General to prosecute his political enemies. Bloomberg legal reporter Patricia Hurtado discusses a federal judge rebuking the Justice Department for making statements about Luigi Mangione. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The $100,000 Visa for Skilled Foreign Workers
Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the changes President Trump is proposing in the H-1B visas for skilled foreign workers and the changes in bonds for detained migrants who crossed the border illegally. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Did Amazon Trick Customers & Kimmel Returns
Matthew Schettenhelm, Bloomberg Intelligence litigation & government analyst, discusses the FTC’s trial against Amazon and Jimmy Kimmel’s return to late night TV. Jennifer Rie, Bloomberg Intelligence senior litigation analyst, discusses the government’s trial to break up Google. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hate Speech Is Free Speech
First Amendment expert Timothy Zick, a professor at William & Mary Law School, discusses hate speech and why it’s protected by the First Amendment. Collin Walke, a cybersecurity and data privacy partner at Hall Estill, discusses recent lawsuits where parents are blaming chat bots for their teenagers suicides. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Weekend Law: Judges Threatened, Sacred Tribal Site & Death Penalty
Bloomberg legal reporter Madlin Mekelburg discusses the case against Tyler Robinson for the shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Retired appellate judges Andre Davis and Paul Michel discuss the increasing threats against judges. Heather Whiteman Runs Him, director of the Tribal Justice Clinic at the University of Arizona, discusses Western Apache’s fight to save sacred tribal lands from mining. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Judges Speak Out About Threat to Constitution
Retired federal judges Andre Davis, formerly of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, and Paul Michel, formerly of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, discuss the growing threats against federal judges and the attack on the Constitution. Bloomberg legal reporter Madlin Mekelburg, discusses the case against Tyler Robinson for the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tribal Suits Over Sacred Sites & EPA Weakens Regs
Jennifer Novak, an environmental attorney in California, discusses the EPA no longer requiring big polluters to report. Heather Whiteman Runs Him, director of the Tribal Justice Clinic at the University of Arizona, discusses how tribal suits over sacred sites, expose unequal treatment. June Grasso hostsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Weekend Law: Racial Profiling, SCOTUS Changes & DC Grand Juries Resist
June Grasso discusses the top law stories of the week with legal experts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Inside ICE Detention & Trump Tariffs at SCOTUS
Professor Elora Mukherjee, the director of Columbia Law School’s Immigrants’ Rights Clinic, discusses the Supreme Court decision on immigration stops and representing families in ICE detention. David Townsend, a partner in Dorsey & Whitney’s International Trade Group, discusses the Supreme Court agreeing to review President Trump’s tariffs on an expedited basis. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SCOTUS Moves to the Right & Lisa Cook Firing Blocked
Elliott Stein, Bloomberg Intelligence senior litigation analyst, discusses President Trump appealing a court order blocking him from firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. Constitutional law professor Eric Segall of the Georgia State University, discusses how the Roberts court has changed the law over the past two decades. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SCOTUS Lifts Restrictions on ICE Stops in LA
David Harris, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh Law School and an expert in racial profiling, discusses the Supreme Court lifting the restrictions on immigrations stops in Los Angeles. Laura Davison, Washington Deputy Bureau Chief, discusses the latest on the Jeffrey Epstein files. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DC Grand Jurors Reject Charges & Chief Justice Okays FTC Firing
Constitutional law professor Harold Krent of the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses the Chief Justice allowing President Trump to fire the only Democratic member of the FTC. Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the difficulties the DC US Attorney, Jeanine Pirro, is having getting grand juries to indict. Bloomberg legal reporter Erik Larson, discusses the Second Circuit leaving intact the more than $83 million defamation verdict against Trump, June Grasso hostsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Weekend Law: Google, Wartime Act & Chicago Bracing
June Grasso talks to legal experts about the top law stories of the week.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Trump Can't Use Wartime Law for Deportations
Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses an appeals court blocking Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members. Judiciary expert Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond Law School, discusses Trump saying he’ll sue over the Senate’s blue slip tradition. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Google Dodges An Antitrust Bullet & Calls for RFK Jr to Resign
Antitrust law expert Harry First, a professor at NYU Law School, discusses a federal judge ruling that Google doesn't have to sell its Chrome web browser in an antitrust case. Healthcare attorney Harry Nelson, a partner at Leech Tishman Nelson Hardiman, discusses the calls for HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr to step down. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Trump Loses on Tariffs & Sending Troops Into Los Angeles
Professor Harold Krent of the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses a federal judge finding that Trump sending troops to Los Angeles was illegal under federal law. Jimmy Gurule, a professor at Notre Dame Law School, discusses a federal appeals court finding that Trump’s tariffs are illegal. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Weekend Law: Fed Legal Fight, Flag Burning & Grant Cuts
June Grasso talks to leading experts about the top legal stories of the week.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fed Governor Sues Trump & Cashless Bail
Elliott Stein, Bloomberg Intelligence senior litigation analyst, discusses Fed Governor Lisa Cook’s lawsuit to stop President Trump from firing her. Vida Johnson, a professor at Georgetown law and co-director of the school’s criminal justice clinic, discusses Trump’s executive order to end cashless bail. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Trump Wants to Jail Flag Burners
David Cole, a professor at Georgetown Law who represented flag burners in landmark Supreme Court decisions, discusses President Trump's executive order directing the prosecution of people who burn the American flag. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Trump Moves to Fire Fed Governor & Threatens Chicago
Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses President Trump firing Fed Reserve Governor Lisa Cook and threatening to deploy the National Guard to Chicago. Anne Joseph O’Connell, a professor at Stanford Law School, discusses a judge rejecting Trump’s appointment of Alina Habba as the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey as unlawful. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SCOTUS Allows Cuts of Millions in Research Grants
Constitutional law professor David Super of Georgetown Law, discusses the Supreme Court allowing the Trump administration to cut off hundreds of millions of dollars in research grants. Shawn Collins, a partner at Stradling, discusses the FTC suing LA Fitness over customer’s difficulties dropping membership. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Weekend Law: Voting by Mail, Unions Back Off & Sandwich Guy
June Grasso talks to the experts about the top legal stories of the week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Trump $464 Million Penalty Tossed & New Citizenship Hurdle
Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the latest immigration issues. Constitutional law professor Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses an appeals court reversing the $464 million penalty in President Trump’s civil fraud conviction. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Voting By Mail & Social Media Promote FBI Arrests
Constitutional law professor Rick Pildes of NYU Law School, discusses President Trump’s pledge to get rid of voting by mail. National security expert Bradley Moss, a partner at Mark Zaid, discusses the White House allowing social media teams to go along and videotape FBI arrests. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Unions Wait on Elections & $30 Million Pardon Scheme
Anne Lofaso, a professor at the University of Cincinnati Law School and an expert in labor law, discusses the significant drop in union elections since Trump took office. Ave Benny-Morrison, Bloomberg legal reporter, discusses a $30 million dollar pardon scheme. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Trump Wants to Cut Down Forests & Redistricting Battles
Professor Pat Parenteau of the Vermont Law & Graduate School, an expert in environmental law, discusses the Trump administration wanting to cut down untouched forests for timber. Professor Richard Briffault of Columbia Law School, an expert in elections law, discusses Texas redistricting and retaliatory redistricting in California. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

California and DC Sue Trump
Three Republican-led states said Saturday that they were deploying hundreds of National Guard members to the nation’s capital to bolster the Trump administration’s effort to overhaul policing in Washington through a federal crackdown on crime and homelessness.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Judge Skeptical of Trump Suit Against All Federal Judges in Maryland
Constitutional law professor Harold Krent of the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses the Trump administration's lawsuit against every federal judge in Maryland. Zoe Tillman, Bloomberg News senior reporter, discusses a circuit court allowing Trump to block billions of dollars in foreign aid. Jacqueline Thomsen, Bloomberg Law reporter, discusses a hack of the federal judiciary. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SCOTUS Could Narrow Bribery Law & Military in DC and LA
Former federal prosecutor Mark Chutkow, a member of Dykema Gossett, discusses how Michael Madigan’s appeal of his corruption conviction, could lead to the Supreme Court further narrowing the scope of corruption law. Joshua Kastenberg, a professor at the University of New Mexico Law School and a former prosecutor and judge in the US Air Force, discusses President Trump’s expansion of the military for domestic tasks. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

California vs Trump & Big Beautiful Bill
Claire Finkelstein, a professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania and an expert on war powers and national security law, discusses the trial in San Francisco to decide whether President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles in June, was legal. Constitutional law expert David Super, a professor at Georgetown Law, discusses a provision in Trump’s massive tax and spending bill, that violates the constitution. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Trump Takes Over DC & Tariffs on Drugs
George Derek Musgrove, a professor of history at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, discusses President Trump taking control of D.C.’s police force and ordering up the National Guard. Healthcare attorney Harry Nelson, a partner at Leech Tishman Nelson Hardiman, discusses the implications of Trump’s threatened tariffs on pharmaceuticals. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Weekend Law: Texas Maps, ICE Profiling & Agency Power
June Grasso discusses the biggest legal stories of the week with top legal experts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Challenge to the FTC's Independence
William Kovacic, former FTC Chairman and a Professor at the George Mason University School of Law, discusses the implications of President Trump’s attack on the independence of the Federal Trade Commission. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Federal Workers Can Promote Religion & Lawyers Quit Over Principles
Stephanie Barclay, a professor at Georgetown Law, discusses the Trump administration memo encouraging proselytizing in the federal workplace. Justin Henry, Bloomberg Law reporter, discusses the young lawyers who left lucrative jobs because of their principles. David Voreacos, Bloomberg legal reporter, discusses lawsuits over the Trump administration’s maneuvers to keep Alina Habba as the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Voting Rights Act Is in Jeopardy
Elections law expert Rick Hasen, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses the Supreme Court considering outlawing the use of race in drawing voting maps. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

No More Racial Profiling by ICE in Los Angeles
Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the 9th Circuit ruling upholding a judge’s order barring racial profiling by ICE. Debbie Kaminer, a professor of law at Baruch College, discusses workplace accommodations for religion. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fed Governor Resigns & Tariff Battles
Kathryn Judge, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the resignation of Fed Reserve board member Adriana Kugler. Jimmy Gurule, a professor at Notre Dame Law School, discusses the legal battles over President Trump’s tariffs. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Weekend Law: Attack on Judges, Chaos in NJ Courts & Ghislaine Maxwell
June Grasso talks to legal experts about the top law stories of the week.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Justice Department Escalates Fight with Judiciary
Constitutional law expert David Super, a professor at Georgetown Law, discusses the Trump administration ratcheting up its attacks on the federal judiciary. Constitutional law professor Harold Krent, of the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses a Third Circuit ruling that deals a blow to labor judges. Federal judiciary expert Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond Law School, discusses the controversial Trump nominee, Emil Bove, winning confirmation to the Third Circuit. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Planned Parenthood Win & Ghislaine Maxwell Appeal
Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal to the Supreme Court. Reproductive rights expert Mary Ziegler, a professor at UC Davis Law School, discusses Planned Parenthood’s win against the Trump administration efforts to defund it. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New Jersey Criminal Courts Frozen
Anne Joseph O’Connell, a professor at Stanford Law School, discusses the controversy over Alina Habba, Trump’s personal lawyer picked to lead the US Attorney’s Office in New Jersey. Maia Spoto, Bloomberg Law Los Angeles Court’s Correspondent, discusses the mass exodus from the LA US Attorney’s office. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sanctuary Challenges & Little League Visas Denied
Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the Trump administration suing sanctuary cities and denying visas to the Venezuelan Little League team. Liam Knox, Bloomberg education reporter, discusses conservative Christopher Rufo and his quest to change higher education. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.