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  • SCOTUS Ends Human Rights Lawsuits Over Atrocities Abroad
    2026/06/24

    International law expert Curtis Bradley, a professor at the University of Chicago Law School, discusses Supreme Court’s decisions basically eliminating human rights lawsuits against companies over atrocities committed abroad, but reviving Exxon’s $1 billion suit against a Cuban conglomerate for operating oil and gas assets seized in 1960. Then Professor Carl Tobias of the University of Richmond Law School, an expert in federal judicial selection, discusses the uphill battle facing Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche in getting confirmed as the US Attorney General. June Grasso hosts.

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    36 分
  • SCOTUS Blocks Rastafarian's Suit Against Prison Guards
    2026/06/24

    Richard Garnett, a professor at Notre Dame Law School and Director of the Notre Dame Program on Church, State & Society, discusses the Supreme Court decision blocking a Rastafarian’s suit against prison officials for cutting off his dreadlocks in a flagrant violation of his religious rights. Then Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight and the former head of the Office of Immigration Litigation in the Obama administration, discusses the Supreme Court decision backing the Trump administration and border officials over the re-entry of a green card holder. June Grasso hosts.

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    36 分
  • Etan Patz Murder Conviction Reinstated & Upcoming SCOTUS Cases
    2026/06/23

    Former Manhattan prosecutor and criminal defense attorney Paul Callan, of counsel at Edelman & Edelman, discusses the Supreme Court reinstating the murder conviction of Pedro Hernandez for the murder of 6-year-old Etan Patz who became the poster child for missing children. Then constitutional law expert Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses the high profile cases the Supreme Court has yet to decide this term including cases on birthright citizenship and the firing of a Federal Reserve Governor. June Grasso hosts.

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    35 分
  • Weekend Law: DOJ Defies Judge, Guns and Drugs & Knicks Tickets
    2026/06/20

    Constitutional law expert Louis Michael Seidman, a professor at Georgetown Law and author of the book “The Constitution Cannot Save Us: Why We Can No Longer Rely on Our Founding Document,” discusses the Supreme Court allowing marijuana users to have guns. Amy Powell, Litigation Director at Lawyers for Good Government and former Justice Department Senior Trial Counsel, discusses the Justice Department refusing to comply with a judge’s request for sworn statements that President Trump’s $1.8 billion fund to compensate alleged victims of so-called government weaponization, is dead. Bloomberg Law Senior Correspondent Roy Strom discusses how Big Law firms are using hard-to-get tickets to major sporting events to “bond” with their clients. June Grasso hosts

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    37 分
  • Guns and Drug Users & World Cup Visa Problems
    2026/06/19

    Constitutional law expert Louis Michael Seidman, a professor at Georgetown Law and author of the book “The Constitution Cannot Save Us: Why We Can No Longer Rely on Our Founding Document,” discusses the Supreme Court allowing marijuana users to have guns. Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight and the former head of the Office of Immigration Litigation, discusses World Cup visa problems and the Supreme Court taking up a case involving the prolonged detention of ICE detainees. June Grasso hosts.

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    36 分
  • Mangione's Psychiatric Defense & Judges Misbehaving
    2026/06/17

    Criminal defense attorney Jeremy Saland, a former Manhattan prosecutor, discusses Luigi Mangione asserting a psychiatric defense at his New York murder trial. Then Jacqueline Thomsen, Bloomberg Law reporter, discusses recent incidents of misconduct by judges raising questions about the policing of judicial misconduct. And securities law expert James Park, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses the implications of the Supreme Court closing off a major avenue for shareholders to sue closed-end funds. June Grasso hosts.

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    36 分
  • Prosecutor's Misconduct Revealed in Grand Jury Transcripts
    2026/06/17

    Ric Simmons, a professor at Ohio State’s Moritz College of Law, discusses the revelations of prosecutorial misconduct in the grand jury transcripts of a Chicago case against ICE protesters that was dismissed. June Grasso hosts.

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    22 分
  • Weaponization Fund Challenge & SBF's Appeal Fails
    2026/06/16

    Amy Powell, Litigation Director at Lawyers for Good Government and former Justice Department Senior Trial Counsel, discusses a judge’s refusal to dismiss a challenge to President Trump’s $1.8 billion fund to compensate alleged victims of so-called government weaponization. Then Ben Penn, Bloomberg Law Reporter, discusses a major AI smuggling prosecution that may be in jeopardy due to Trump’s approval for Nvidia to sell chips to some customers in China. And Bloomberg Legal Reporter Ava Benny-Morrison, discusses Sam Bankman Fried’s appeal being turned down. June Grasso hosts

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    28 分