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

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May 1 · 38 min
SCOTUS on Geofence Warrants & Migrant Protected Status
Former federal prosecutor George Newhouse of Richards Carrington, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments over geofence warrants. Then immigration law expert Leon Fresco of Holland & Knight, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments over the Trump administration revoking Temporary Protected Status for Haitian and Syrian immigrants. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
April 30 · 28 min
Supreme Court Guts Voting Rights Act & Bayer Litigation
Elections law expert Richard Hasen, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses the Supreme Court’s decision that has crippled the landmark civil rights law, the Voting Rights Act. Mass torts expert Elizabeth Burch, a professor at the University of Georgia Law School, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments over Bayer’s bid to stop lawsuits claiming its Roundup herbicide should have been labeled as a cancer risk. She also discusses her new book, entitled “The Pain Brokers.” June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
April 29 · 11 min
Instant Reaction: Supreme Court Curbs Use of Race in Drawing Voting Districts
The US Supreme Court limited the use of the Voting Rights Act to create predominantly Black or Hispanic election districts in a major constitutional ruling that buttresses Republican efforts to keep control of the House in this year’s midterms and beyond. Voting 6-3 along ideological lines, the justices rejected a Louisiana congressional map that was drawn with a second majority-Black district after a lower court found an earlier map to be discriminatory. The Supreme Court ruling undercuts what had been the most significant remaining part of the Voting Rights Act, a law passed in 1965 to address rampant discrimination against Black voters. The justices had already significantly weakened the law twice since 2013. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
April 29 · 16 min
Former FBI Director Comey Indicted for Second Time
Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the Justice Department indicting former FBI Director James Comey for the second time in seven months. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
April 27 · 34 min
Musk vs Altman & Prediction Markets
Bloomberg legal reporter Madlin Mekelburg discusses the start of the face-off in court of Elon Musk and Sam Altman over the future of OpenAI. Joshua Mitts, a professor at Columbia Law School, and an authority on insider trading, securities law and corporate law, discusses the soldier charged with using classified information to make $400,000 on Polymarket. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
April 26 · 37 min
Weekend Law: Powell Probe Dropped, SCOTUS & Religion in Schools
Elliott Stein, Bloomberg Intelligence senior litigation analyst, discusses the DC US Attorney, Jeanine Pirro, dropping the investigation into Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Then constitutional law expert Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses the leak of Supreme Court memos. And First Amendment expert Caroline Mala Corbin, a professor at the University of Miami Law School, discusses the Fifth Circuit ruling that schools can be forced to post the Ten Commandments in classrooms. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
April 25 · 30 min
Court Okays Ten Commandments in Classrooms & Unequal Justice
First Amendment expert Caroline Mala Corbin, a professor at the University of Miami Law School, discusses the Fifth Circuit Ruling that it’s okay for Texas to force schools to post the Ten Commandments in classrooms. Then Verna Williams, CEO of Equal Justice Works, discusses their survey that finds 79% of Americans think the justice system is unfair. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
April 23 · 36 min
Civil Rights Group Indicted, FCC Fines Under Fire & Military Draft
Professor John Coffee of Columbia Law School, an expert in white-collar crime, discusses the Justice Department’s indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights nonprofit. Then Professor Daniel Lyons of Boston College Law School, a telecommunications law expert, discusses the Supreme Court oral arguments over FCC fines of AT&T and Verizon. And Professor Jeremy Kessler of Columbia Law School, a constitutional law expert, discusses the military draft. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
April 23 · 30 min
SCOTUS Unlikely to Curb SEC Remedy & Judge Rebukes RFK Jr
Securities law expert James Park, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments on the SEC’s power to recoup illicit profits from wrongdoers. Then Ian Lopez, senior reporter at Bloomberg Law, discusses a judge’s rebuke of HHS Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
April 22 · 38 min
Behind the SCOTUS Curtain & Chevron Gets the Win, Louisiana Gets the Loss
Constitutional law expert Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses the recent leaks of confidential memos of the Supreme Court justices. Then environmental law expert Pat Parenteau, a professor at the Vermont Law & Graduate School, discusses the Supreme Court handing Chevron and oil companies a win, but handing Louisiana and the environment, a loss. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
April 18 · 41 min
Weekend Law: Live Nation, A Justice Apologizes & Justice Dept Errors
Antitrust law expert Harry First, a professor at NYU Law School, discusses the landmark verdict against Live Nation. Then constitutional law expert David Super, a professor at Georgetown Law discusses Justice Sonya Sotomayor’s apology and the shadow docket. And former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses how errors by Justice Department lawyers are testing the patience of federal judges. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
April 16 · 22 min
Suit to Force Trump to Preserve White House Records
Alison Dreizen, General Counsel of the American Historical Association, discusses its suit, filed along with American Oversight, to get a court to declare the Presidential Records Act constitutional and to stop President Trump from destroying White House records. Then Erik Larson, Bloomberg legal reporter, discusses an appellate court ruling that a federal judge cannot continue contempt proceedings against former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
April 15 · 22 min
Confusion Over Shadow Docket & Is Alito Retiring?
Constitutional law expert David Super, a professor at Georgetown Law, discusses appellate court judges trading barbs over the weight to give Supreme Court emergency orders and the rumors that Justice Samuel Alito will retire. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
April 14 · 23 min
New Tariffs Challenged & NFL Antitrust Investigation
Trade law expert Timothy Brightbill, a partner at Wily Rein, discusses arguments at the US Court of International Trade, challenging President Trump's latest tariffs. Antitrust expert Harry First, a professor at NYU Law School, discusses the Justice Department starting an antitrust investigation into the NFL. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
April 11 · 35 min
New Attorney General's First Moves & Jan 6th Rioters Sue for Damages
Dave Aronberg, former Palm Beach County State Attorney, discusses the Justice Department under the new Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. Dennis Fan, a professor at Columbia Law School and a former Justice Department attorney, discusses a lawsuit by January 6th rioters to collect damages from the federal government. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
April 11 · 37 min
Weekend Law: Prediction Markets, the 'God Squad' and Social Media Addiction
June Grasso talks to legal experts about the top stories of the week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
April 9 · 40 min
'God Squad' Puts Endangered Whales at Risk
Environmental law expert Pat Parenteau, a professor at the Vermont Law & Graduate School, discusses the so-called “God Squad” exempting Gulf of Mexico oil and gas development from the Endangered Species Act, putting endangered whales and other species at risk. Then Joshua Kastenberg, a professor at the University of New Mexico Law School and a former judge and lawyer in the US Air Force, discusses whether Trump’s Iran threats raise war crimes concerns. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
April 8 · 31 min
Kalshi Win & DOJ Tries to Shield Its Lawyers
Elliott Stein, Bloomberg Intelligence senior litigation analyst, discusses Kalshi winning the first appellate decision in the fight over who will regulate the predictions markets. Former federal judge Jeremy Fogel, who served on the US District Court for the Northern District of California, discusses the objections to the Justice Department’s proposed rule that would shield its attorneys from investigations by state disciplinary boards. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
April 7 · 34 min
What's Next After Firing of Pam Bondi & Mail-In Ballots
Constitutional law professor Harold Krent of the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses the firing of Pam Bondi as Attorney General. Elections law professor Richard Briffault of Columbia Law School, discusses the legal challenges to Trump’s executive order limiting mail-in ballots. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
April 4 · 37 min
Weekend Law: Trump Faces Loss on Birthright Citizenship & Conversion Therapy Ban
David Cole, a professor at Georgetown Law and the former National Legal Director of the ACLU, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments over President Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship. Then Suzanne Goldberg, a professor at Columbia Law School and the Director of the Sexuality and Gender Law Clinic, discusses the Supreme Court ruling against Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy. June Grasso hosts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg Law

SCOTUS on Geofence Warrants & Migrant Protected Status

Supreme Court Guts Voting Rights Act & Bayer Litigation

Instant Reaction: Supreme Court Curbs Use of Race in Drawing Voting Districts

Former FBI Director Comey Indicted for Second Time

Musk vs Altman & Prediction Markets

Weekend Law: Powell Probe Dropped, SCOTUS & Religion in Schools

Court Okays Ten Commandments in Classrooms & Unequal Justice

Civil Rights Group Indicted, FCC Fines Under Fire & Military Draft

SCOTUS Unlikely to Curb SEC Remedy & Judge Rebukes RFK Jr

Behind the SCOTUS Curtain & Chevron Gets the Win, Louisiana Gets the Loss

Weekend Law: Live Nation, A Justice Apologizes & Justice Dept Errors

Suit to Force Trump to Preserve White House Records

Confusion Over Shadow Docket & Is Alito Retiring?

New Tariffs Challenged & NFL Antitrust Investigation

New Attorney General's First Moves & Jan 6th Rioters Sue for Damages

Weekend Law: Prediction Markets, the 'God Squad' and Social Media Addiction

'God Squad' Puts Endangered Whales at Risk

Kalshi Win & DOJ Tries to Shield Its Lawyers

What's Next After Firing of Pam Bondi & Mail-In Ballots

Weekend Law: Trump Faces Loss on Birthright Citizenship & Conversion Therapy Ban