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Expert analysis on legal issues and cases in the news.

Host June Grasso speaks with prominent attorneys and scholars on the legal stories making news and shaping the world.

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Trump Losses May Cost Taxpayers & Superstar Lawyer Goes to Prison
Bloomberg legal reporter Zoe Tillman discusses how the Trump administration’s losses in court could leave taxpayers footing the bill for millions in legal fees. Then Bloomberg Law senior reporter Holly Barker discusses the sentencing of Tom Goldstein, former superstar Supreme Court litigator. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Yesterday · 28 min
Judge Speaks Out Against DHS List Naming Judges 'Worst of the Worst'
Judge Esther Salas of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, discusses the top lawyer at the Department of Homeland Security, James Percival, posting a list that names federal judges who ruled against the Trump administration’s immigration agenda as the "worst of the worst." This comes as federal judges are facing increasing threats. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Thursday · 24 min
Fauci Takes the Fifth & Blanche Confirmation in Jeopardy
Dave Aronberg, former Palm Beach County State Attorney, discusses Dr. Anthony Fauci’s testimony before a Senate committee and possible problems with the nomination of Todd Blanche to be Attorney General. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Thursday · 20 min
More Tariffs & Comey Asks for Dismissal of Charges
Trade law expert Timothy Brightbill, a partner at Wiley Rein, discusses President Trump’s latest tariffs. Then First Amendment expert Timothy Zick, a professor at William & Mary Law School, discusses former FBI Director James Comey’s motion to get the charges against him dropped. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Wednesday · 38 min
Canadian Wildfire Damage & Trump's Multibillion Dollar Lawsuits
Columbia Law School’s Michael Gerrard, an expert on environmental law and director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, discusses the legalities around the wildfire smoke from Canada entering the US. Bloomberg legal reporter Erik Larson discusses the status of President Trump’s multibillion dollar lawsuits against media companies and banks. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Monday · 34 min
Weekend Law: Elections, Pardons & Endangered Species
Host June Grasso speaks to legal experts on some of the top stories of the week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
July 24 · 37 min
Proposals to Ban Naturalized Judges & NFL's Hail Mary Pass
Judge Jeremy Fogel, formerly of the US District Court for the Northern District of California, discusses the objections to proposals to ban judges who were not born in the US from serving on the bench. First amendment expert Jeff Lewis discusses the NFL’s latest attempt to get the suit against it by former coach Jon Gruden dismissed. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
July 24 · 26 min
Trump, Like English King, Pardons Companies
Bloomberg legal reporter Ava Benny-Morrison discusses President Trump granting clemency to companies, a first. Then Sharon Fairley, a professor at the University of Chicago Law School, discusses why some federal district courts are keeping track of how many grand juries refuse to indict. And David Hellier, Bloomberg UK business reporter, discusses the role of lawyers at the World Cup. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
July 22 · 36 min
Question of Noncitizen Voting & NJ Assault Rifle Ban Struck Down
Jonathan Diaz, Director of Voting Advocacy and Partnerships at Campaign Legal Center, discusses how 6600 noncitizens were improperly registered to vote in New Jersey in 2023 and 2024, and the Trump administration’s apparent attempt to interfere in the upcoming elections. Alex Ebert, Bloomberg Law Senior Correspondent, discusses the Third Circuit striking down New Jersey’s ban on assault rifles. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
July 22 · 40 min
Endangered Species Put at Risk & Prediction Markets
Pat Parenteau, a professor at the Vermont Law & Graduate School and an expert in environmental law, discusses the Trump administration’s move to severely weaken protections for endangered species. Joshua Mitts, a professor at Columbia Law School and an expert in the predictions markets and insider trading, discusses the battle between the states and the CFPB over who will regulate prediction platforms. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
July 21 · 36 min
Weekend Law: The Next AG, Justices Testify & Blocking Paramount Takeover
Constitutional law expert David Super, a professor at Georgetown Law, discusses the confirmation hearing for Acting Attorney Todd Blanche to be the next Attorney General. Then antitrust law expert Harry First, a professor at NYU Law School, discusses 12 Democratic-led states suing to block the merger between Paramount and Warner Brothers. And Georgetown Law Professor Louis Michael Seidman, author of the book “The Constitution Cannot Save Us: Why We Can No Longer Rely on Our Founding Document,” discusses the testimony of Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett on the request for increased funding to beef up security amid increasing threats against the justices. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
July 18 · 37 min
Can Blanche Become AG & Deadly ICE Traffic Stops
Amy Powell, litigation director at Lawyers for Good Government and former Justice Department senior trial counsel, discusses Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s confirmation hearings. Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight and the former head of the Office of Immigration Litigation, discusses the ICE traffic stops that have killed 5 people since March of 2025. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
July 16 · 36 min
Todd Blanche Faces Skeptical Senators
Constitutional law expert David Super, a professor at Georgetown Law, discusses the confirmation hearing for Acting Attorney Todd Blanche to be the next US Attorney General. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
July 16 · 19 min
Will Maine Case Change Super PACs & Justices Testify
Harvard Law School Professor Lawrence Lessig discusses the federal court case he is leading to uphold Maine’s law limiting contributions to super PACs. And Georgetown Law Professor Louis Michael Seidman, author of the book “The Constitution Cannot Save Us: Why We Can No Longer Rely on Our Founding Document,” discusses the testimony of Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court’s request for increased funding to beef up security amid increasing threats against the justices. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
July 14 · 32 min
States Sue to Stop Paramount Takeover of Warner Bros.
Antitrust law expert Harry First, a professor at NYU Law School, discusses 12 Democratic-led states suing to block Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. Judiciary expert Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond Law School, discusses the effect of the death of Republican Senator Lindsey Graham on the Judiciary Committee. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
July 14 · 37 min
Weekend Law: Who Won SCOTUS Term & Felony Vandalism
Constitutional law expert Michael Dorf, a professor at Cornell Law School, discusses the winners and losers in the recent Supreme Court term. Then former federal prosecutor Marisa Darden, head of the White Collar, Government Investigations & Regulatory Practice Group at Benesch Law, discusses the former Olympian charged with a felony for alleged vandalism of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. June Grasso hosts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
July 12 · 37 min
Birthright Citizenship Again & 'Justice in Motion' Bus Tour
Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses President Trump asking the Supreme Court to rehear the birthright citizenship case and other immigration issues. Then retired Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor discusses the “Justice in Motion” bus tour where current and retired judges will travel in a civic engagement tour. And Bloomberg Law reporter Suzanne Monyak discusses the DC appellate court ruling that Trump’s name must stay off the Kennedy Center. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
July 11 · 44 min
Justice Jackson Starts Statutory Interpretation Revolution
Abbe Gluck, a professor at Yale Law School, discusses Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson reigniting the statutory interpretation wars and whether some cracks are emerging in textualism. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
July 9 · 24 min
Fifth Circuit Most Reversed & Olympian Charged With Felony
Constitutional law expert Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses the conservative Fifth Circuit becoming the circuit most reversed by the Supreme Court this term. Then former federal prosecutor Marisa Darden, head of the White Collar, Government Investigations & Regulatory Practice Group at Benesch Law, discusses DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro indicting a former Olympian for allegedly damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
July 8 · 31 min
Winners & Losers in the Supreme Court Term
Constitutional law expert Michael Dorf, a professor at Cornell Law School, analyzes the Supreme Court’s recent term from the expansion of presidential power to the gutting of the Voting Rights Act. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
July 7 · 36 min

Bloomberg Law

Trump Losses May Cost Taxpayers & Superstar Lawyer Goes to Prison

Judge Speaks Out Against DHS List Naming Judges 'Worst of the Worst'

Fauci Takes the Fifth & Blanche Confirmation in Jeopardy

More Tariffs & Comey Asks for Dismissal of Charges

Canadian Wildfire Damage & Trump's Multibillion Dollar Lawsuits

Weekend Law: Elections, Pardons & Endangered Species

Proposals to Ban Naturalized Judges & NFL's Hail Mary Pass

Trump, Like English King, Pardons Companies

Question of Noncitizen Voting & NJ Assault Rifle Ban Struck Down

Endangered Species Put at Risk & Prediction Markets

Weekend Law: The Next AG, Justices Testify & Blocking Paramount Takeover

Can Blanche Become AG & Deadly ICE Traffic Stops

Todd Blanche Faces Skeptical Senators

Will Maine Case Change Super PACs & Justices Testify

States Sue to Stop Paramount Takeover of Warner Bros.

Weekend Law: Who Won SCOTUS Term & Felony Vandalism

Birthright Citizenship Again & 'Justice in Motion' Bus Tour

Justice Jackson Starts Statutory Interpretation Revolution

Fifth Circuit Most Reversed & Olympian Charged With Felony

Winners & Losers in the Supreme Court Term