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Published 2021-01-16

History Backs Trump Impeachment Trial After Term Ends

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Frank Bowman, a professor at the University of Missouri Law School, discusses the precedents for holding President Trump's second impeachment trial after he leaves office. Stephen Vladeck, a professor at the University of Texas Law School, discusses the pressure on Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to resign. June Grasso hosts. 

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Published 2021-01-15

Why Supreme Court Justices Talked About Taylor Swift

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Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses why pop star Taylor Swift was featured prominently during Supreme Court arguments in a case about when government officials can shake off past constitutional violations. John Coffee, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the Supreme Court ordering a new look at the convictions of four men in an insider-trading case involving a scheme to profit from government secrets. June Grasso hosts.

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Published 2021-01-13

The Second Impeachment of President Donald Trump

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Frank Bowman, a professor at the University of Missouri and author of "High Crimes & Misdemeanors: A History of Impeachment for the Age of Trump," discusses the second impeachment of President Trump. Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the possible charges against President Trump and the pro-Trump mob that stormed the capitol. June Grasso hosts. 

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Published 2021-01-10

Why It Won't Be a Blockbuster Supreme Court Term

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Constitutional law expert Neil Kinkopf, a professor at the Georgia State University College of Law, discusses the new cases the Supreme Court will take up when it resumes this week. Elections law expert Derek Muller, a professor at the University of Iowa Law School, on what we learned from the 2020 elections. June Grasso hosts.

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Published 2021-01-09

Jockeying for a Last Minute Pardon From Trump

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Bloomberg Legal Reporter David Yaffe-Bellany discusses the long line of people trying to get a last minute pardon from President Trump and those reportedly on his pardon list. David Pozen, a professor at Columbia Law School who clerked for Judge Merrick Garland, discusses Garland's nomination to be the next Attorney General. June Grasso hosts. 

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Published 2021-01-08

Will the Capitol Rioters Face Justice?

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National security law expert Jimmy Gurule, a professor at Notre Dame Law School, discusses the charges the rioters who stormed the Capitol could face and the law enforcement failures. Former federal prosecutor Elie Honig, discusses President Trump's call to Georgia officials to try to change the election results. June Grasso hosts. 

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Published 2021-01-06

Challenge to the Electoral College Count

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Richard Briffault, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the consequences of President Trump's phone call to Georgia election officials and the challenge by Republican lawmakers to the tally of the electoral vote during what is normally a largely ceremonial event. David Sklansky, a professor at Stanford Law School, discusses a federal court ruling that information requests by congressional oversight panels don’t require the approval of majority members. June Grasso hosts. 

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Published 2021-01-05

Hospitals Sued Over Saving Patients' Lives

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Thaddeus Pope, a professor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, discusses how courts are now recognizing lawsuits over the wrongful prolongation of life. Michele Goodwin, a professor at the University of California, Irvine School of Law, discusses the 13th Amendment and efforts to amend the constitution to remove slavery. June Grasso hosts. 

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Published 2020-12-31

The Biggest Trials Coming to U.S. Courtrooms in 2021

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Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the biggest criminal trials that will take place in 2021 including the trials of Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend and confidante of Jeffrey Epstein, Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of Theranos and Roger Ng, former Goldman Sachs managing director. Madison Alder, Bloomberg Law Reporter, discusses the toll the coronavirus pandemic has taken on judges who are experiencing anxiety and coping with the loss of colleagues who died from Covid-19. June Grasso hosts.

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Published 2020-12-30

Can Biden Reverse Trump Environmental Damage?

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Pat Parenteau, a professor of environmental law at the Vermont Law School, discusses the challenges President-elect Joe Biden will face in reversing President Trump's rollback of environmental policies and rules. Robert Iafolla, Bloomberg Law Reporter, discusses whether employers can mandate that employees get the Covid-19 vaccine. June Grasso hosts.

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Published 2020-12-19

The Legal Doctrine That Could Stymie Biden's Agenda

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Constitutional law expert Stephen Vladeck, a professor at the University of Texas School of Law, discusses libertarian groups gearing up for fights with the Biden administration over financial regulations, environmental rules, and new policies to combat the pandemic and the legal docrine that will be front and center. June Grasso hosts. 

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Published 2020-12-18

High Court Will Consider Compensation for College Athletes

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Audrey Anderson, who heads the higher education practice at Bass Berry & Sims, discusses the Supreme Court agreeing to hear whether the National Collegiate Athletic Association violated federal antitrust laws by limiting compensation for college athletes. Harry First, a professor at NYU Law School, discusses the antitrust case against Facebook. Anat Alon-Beck, an assistant professor at Case Western Reserve Law School, discusses the case against TikTok. June Grasso hosts. 

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Published 2020-12-17

And the Next Attorney General Is

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Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses Joe Biden's choices for Attorney General. Brad Moss, a partner at Mark Zaid, discusses the resignation of William Barr as Attorney General and the repercussions. June Grasso hosts.

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Published 2020-12-15

No Path Left for Trump to Contest the Election

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Election law expert Derek Muller, a professor at the University of Iowa Law School, discusses the Electoral College confirming Joe Biden's win over President Trump and possible challenges by Trump and his allies. Joshua Mitts, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses his study illustrating how executives use prearranged stock sale plans to unload shares on days when their companies release good news. June Grasso hosts.

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Published 2020-12-12

Billions of Dollars at Stake in Fannie-Freddie Suit

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Jonathan Macey, a professor at Yale Law School, discusses whether the Supreme Court will allow lawsuits to go forward by shareholders of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac seeking billions of dollars. Mary-Christine Sungaila, leader of the appellate practice at Buchalter, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments in a pair of cases over whether families of Holocaust victims can sue foreign countries in the U.S. for seizing property from Jewish citizens during World War II. June Grasso hosts. 

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Published 2020-12-11

Covid Survivors Refused Life Insurance Policies

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Paul Heeringa, counsel at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, discusses oral arguments where Supreme Court justices struggled to apply a decades-old federal ban on robocalls in a lawsuit accusing Facebook Inc. of repeatedly sending unwanted text messages. Lydia Wheeler, Senior Reporter at Bloomberg Law, discusses life insurance companies refusing to sell life insurance policies to survivors of Covid-19. June Grasso hosts. 

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Published 2020-12-09

How Gilligan Plays Into Bill Gross Neighbor Feud

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Patricia Hurtado, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the feud between billionaire Bill Gross and his Laguna Beach neighbor, tech entrepreneur Mark Towfiq, that involves everything from a TV shoot for the HBO series “Ballers” to the music from "Gilligan's Island." Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses a judge restoring DACA. June Grasso host 

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Published 2020-12-05

Can Former Child Slaves Sue Chocolate Companies?

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Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments involving a clash over human-rights lawsuits, and whether former child slaves could sue Nestle SA’s U.S. unit and Cargill Inc. of complicity in the use of child slavery on Ivory Coast cocoa farms. Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments over President Donald Trump’s push to exclude undocumented immigrants from the census. June Grasso hosts. 

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Published 2020-12-04

Could a Lie on a Dating Website Violate the Law?

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David Thaw, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh Law School, discusses the first time the Supreme Court has considered a broad interpretation of the country's main anti-hacking law. Michael Carlinsky, the global head of complex litigation at Quinn Emanuel, discusses his client, Mirae Global Asset Investment Co.’s successful move to nix a $5.8 billion purchase of 15 luxury U.S. hotels from Dajia Insurance Co. after arguing the coronavirus outbreak drained value from the transaction. June Grasso hosts. 

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Published 2020-12-03

Trump Can't Pardon Himself, But Will He?

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Frank Bowman, a professor at the University of Missouri School of Law, discusses the presidential pardon power and whether President Trump can pardon himself. Mark Ustin, a partner at Farrell Fritz, discusses the decisions states face on how to manage the pandemic and how to distribute a vaccine. June Grasso hosts.

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Published 2020-11-24

Why Rock Legend Neil Young Is Suing Trump

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Intellectual property litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, discusses musician Eddy Grant’s lawsuit claiming that the Trump campaign used his 1983 hit “Electric Avenue” in a video attack ad against Joe Biden without permission and Neil Young's lawsuit alleging that the Trump campaign played his songs at rallies without permission. Antitrust expert Sam Weinstein, a professor at Cardozo Law School, discusses the landmark antitrust case against Google. June Grasso hosts. 

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Published 2020-11-22

Corporate Crime Probes Will Ramp Up Under Biden

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Brandon Garrett, a professor at Duke Law School, discusses why President-elect Joe Biden’s Justice Department is likely to ramp up corporate crime enforcement, putting Wall Street firms and corporate executives under greater scrutiny. Audrey Anderson, who heads the higher education practice at Bass Berry & Sims, discusses Harvard University's appellate court win and why the battle over affirmative action is far from over. June Grasso hosts. 

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Published 2020-11-21

What We Learned from Justice Barrett's First Arguments

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Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Bloomberg Law Supreme Court Reporter, discusses Justice Amy Coney Barrett's first week on the bench and why many female appellate litigators are saying that President-elect Joe Biden should choose a woman to be the U.S. Solicitor General. Kyle Trygstad, Bloomberg Law Politics Editor, discusses the strategies at play in the Georgia Senate Runoffs. June Grasso hosts. 

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Published 2020-11-20

Trump Rushes to Sell Drilling in Alaska Refuge

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Pat Parenteau, a professor of environmental law at Vermont Law School, discusses the Trump administration's efforts to rush through environmental rules that could handicap the Biden administration. Richard Briffault, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the latest efforts by the Trump administration to challenge the election results. Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond Law School, discusses Trump's efforts to get more federal judges confirmed during the lame duck session. June Grasso hosts. 

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Published 2020-11-18

Why Trump Is Losing His Lawyers

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Chris Opfer, Bloomberg Law Team Leader for the Business of Law, discusses why law firms have pulled out of representing President Trump in his post-election legal battles. Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond Law School, discusses President Trump's resumption of his most successful priority as president, the appointment of federal judges. June Grasso hosts.

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Published 2020-11-14

Justices Signal Obamacare Will Survive

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Abbe Gluck, a professor at Yale Law School, discusses the Supreme Court oral arguments on the fate of the Affordable Care Act that provides health-insurance to 20 million people, and why it is likely that there are enough votes to uphold the law. June Grasso hosts. 

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Published 2020-11-14

Supreme Court May Slight Gay Couples in Foster Care

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Steve Sanders, a professor at Indiana University's Maurer School of Law, discusses Supreme Court arguments in a case that could let a Catholic charity refuse to work with same-sex couples when helping to place foster children in Philadelphia. David Yaffe-Bellany, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses a surge of lawsuits by parents who’ve lost their jobs during the pandemic, alleging their employers discriminated against them for taking care of their kids when schools closed. June Grasso hosts.

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Published 2020-11-12

'Groundhog Day' Deportation Case at Supreme Court

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Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the Supreme Court's oral arguments over the government sending out defective notices to appear to longtime undocumented immigrants. Erik Larson, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the latest lawsuits by President Trump to stop states from certifying the election results. Christopher Opfer, Bloomberg Law Team Leader for the Business of Law, discusses Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, deciding t 

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Published 2020-11-11

Trump Refuses to Concede Election

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Election law expert Derek Muller, a professor at the University of Iowa College of Law, discusses President Trump continuing to press election lawsuits although no evidence of widespread fraud has been found by courts. Employment law expert Anthony Oncidi, a partner at Proskauer Rose, discusses how "love contracts" are going mainstream as employers track office romances. June Grasso hosts. 

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Published 2020-11-07

Will Trump Election Challenges Matter?

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Election law experts Richard Briffault, a professor at Columbia Law School, and Justin Levitt, a professor at Loyola Law School, discuss the lawsuits that the Trump campaign has mounted in the battleground states and likely legal challenges to come. June Grasso hosts. 

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Published 2020-11-06

Legal Fights Over Vote Counts

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Election law experts Nate Persily, a professor at Stanford Law School, and Derek Muller, a professor at the University of Iowa College of Law, discuss the legal challenges the Trump campaign has filed in battleground states. June Grasso hosts.

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Published 2020-11-03

Cases Where Justice Barrett Could Make a Difference

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Constitutional law expert Neil Kinkopf, a professor at the Georgia State University College of Law, discusses the cases where new Justice Amy Coney Barrett could make a difference from abortion rights to gay rights. Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Bloomberg Law Supreme Court Reporter, discusses how Justice Barrett chose her law clerks. Laurel Calkins, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses why a federal judge refused to throw out 127,000 drive-through votes cast in Texas. June Grasso hosts. 

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Published 2020-11-01

Election Law & Voters Weigh Erasing Slavery Symbols

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Election law expert Richard Briffault, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the upcoming election and whether the Supreme Court may get involved. Anne Bailey, a professor of history at the State University of New York at Binghamton, discusses state ballot initiatives that would erase symbols of slavery and slavery amendments. June Grasso hosts. 

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Published 2020-10-31

Is Court-Packing the Answer to a Conservative Court?

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Constitutional Law expert David Pozen, a professor at Columbia Law School, discuses the wide array of options being considered to change the balance on the Supreme Court which now has a 6 to 3 conservative majority. Bloomberg News Supreme Court Reporter Greg Stohr discusses the split Supreme Court decisions on mail-in ballots. June Grasso hosts. 

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Published 2020-10-28

Will Trump Face Prosecution If He Loses the Election?

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Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the lawsuits, both civil and criminal, that President Trump might face when he leaves office. Patricia Hurtado, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the revelations from the unsealing of Ghislaine Maxwell's deposition. June Grasso hosts. 

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Published 2020-10-27

Baseball, Snowballs and Scalia at SCOTUS Arguments

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Former federal prosecutor George Newhouse of Richards Carrington, discusses justices grappling with the original meaning of the word “seizure” in a case where a woman wants to sue police officers for excessive force. Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Bloomberg Law Supreme Court Reporter, discusses why woman attorneys are finding nontraditional routes to Supreme Court advocacy. June Grasso hosts. 

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Published 2020-10-24

Will the U.S. Break Up Google?

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Antitrust law expert Harry First, a Professor at NYU Law School, discusses the landmark U.S. antitrust suit against Google and its implications. Eric Talley, a Columbia Law School Professor, discusses his podcast series, “Beyond Unprecedented: The Post-Pandemic Economy." June Grasso hosts. 

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Published 2020-10-22

Did Ed Sheeran Copy Marvin Gaye's Classic Song?

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Intellectual property litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, discusses the upcoming trial where a jury will decide whether Ed Sheeran copied Marvin Gaye’s 1973 soul classic “Let’s Get It On,” in his hit song "Thinking Out Loud." Jordan Rubin, Bloomberg Law Editor, discusses a new case the Supreme Court will review about whether police can enter a home without a warrant in hot pursuit of someone suspected of committing a misdemeanor. June Grasso hosts. 

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Published 2020-10-21

Will There be Mini Bush v. Gore Suits Post-Election?

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Rebecca Green, a professor at William & Mary Law School and co-director of the Election Law Program, discusses possible post-election litigation. Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses The Supreme Court agreeing to hear Trump administration appeals on three cases dealing with immigration policy. June Grasso hosts.

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Published 2020-10-17

A Different Way to Rein in the Supreme Court

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Samuel Moyn, a professor of law and history at Yale, discusses a way to shield certain laws from Supreme Court review, jurisdiction stripping, an alternative to court packing and term limits. Josh Blackman, a professor at the South Texas College of Law, discusses Judge Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation hearings. June Grasso hosts.

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Published 2020-10-16

How Amy Coney Barrett Could Change the Law

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Leah Litman, a professor of constitutional law at the University of Michigan Law School, discusses the confirmation hearings of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court and what they reveal about her judicial philosophy. Samuel Bagenstos, a law professor at the University of Michigan who served in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, discusses how a U.S. inquiry into whether Microsoft Corp. and Wells Fargo & Co. broke workplace civil rights laws by seeking to double their ranks of Black leaders, is at odds with normal Labor Department practice. June Grasso hosts. 

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Published 2020-10-15

Barrett Avoids Slips at Confirmation Hearings

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Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses the first two days of the confirmation hearings of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond Law School, discusses the approach of Judge Barrett to the confirmation hearings. June Grasso hosts. 

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Published 2020-10-13

Will the Liberal Justices Find New Alliances?

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Andrew Crespo,a Harvard Law School professor, discusses how Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death leaves the court's three remaining liberals looking for new alliances. Steve Sanders, a professor at Indiana University's Maurer School of Law, discusses how two conservative justices used the court's rejection of an appeal, to complain that the court's 2015 same-sex marriage ruling threatens religious liberty. June Grasso hosts.

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Published 2020-10-10

Former Solicitor General Garre on New SCOTUS Term

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Former United States Solicitor General Gregory Garre, Global Chair of Latham & Watkins Supreme Court and Appellate Practice, discusses the Supreme Court's new term including cases on Obamacare, Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac, religious rights versus gay rights, robo texting and Nazi-looted art. June Grasso hosts. 

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Published 2020-10-07

Behind the Statements of the President's Doctor

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Healthcare attorney Harry Nelson, Managing Partner of Nelson Hardiman, discusses President Trump's doctor releasing misleading information about the president’s health and the implications of the HIPPA privacy laws. Erik Larson, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the lawsuits over the elections that are going down to the wire. June Grasso hosts. 

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Published 2020-10-07

Election Lawsuits Going Down to the Wire

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Elections law expert Richard Briffault, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses how judges are largely rejecting efforts by President Trump’s campaign to restrict voting by mail during the pandemic, but new lawsuits and appeals by the GOP are dragging out the legal fights, adding uncertainty to the election. June Grasso hosts. 

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Published 2020-10-02

Conservatives Step Up Attack on Affirmative Action

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Audrey Anderson, who heads the higher education practice at Bass Berry & Sims PLC, discusses why conservatives see their best shot in decades to get rid of race in college admissions. Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the Supreme Court putting a clash over undocumented immigrants and the census on a fast track, at the Trump administration's request. June Grasso hosts.

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Published 2020-10-02

How the Tax Laws Helped Trump

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Michael Graetz, a professor at Columbia Law School and author of the new book, "The Wolf at the Door: The Menace of Economic Insecurity and How to Fight It," discusses the revelations about President Trump's tax returns. Jim Dempsey, Executive Director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, discusses the legal cases around the sale of TikTok. June Grasso hosts. 

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