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.
Josh Blackman, a professor of constitutional law at the South Texas College of Law, discusses the defense arguments in the impeachment trial of President Trump, including a reference to Blackman’s own work by defense attorney Alan Dershowitz. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Pat Parenteau, a professor at Vermont Law School, discusses a federal appellate court throwing out the landmark climate change lawsuit brought by 21 young people. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Neil Kinkopf, a professor at Georgia State University College of Law, discusses the revelations in former national security adviser John Bolton’s manuscript and how they contradict President Trump’s biggest defense in his impeachment trial. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Alan Dershowitz, Professor Emeritus at Harvard Law School, discusses his upcoming constitutional defense of President Donald Trump at his Senate Impeachment trial. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Richard Hasen, a professor at the University of California, Irvine School of Law, discusses the ten year anniversary of the Citizens United case and how it has changed politics in this country. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Andrew Harris, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses former national security adviser Michael Flynn’s attempt to withdraw his guilty plea to the charge he lied to federal agents, accusing prosecutors of bad faith and vindictive conduct. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jordan Rubin, Bloomberg Law Editor, discusses a new rule at the Supreme Court this term that gives advocates two uninterrupted minutes to argue their cases before they are interrupted by questions from the justices. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Brad Moss, a partner at Mark Zaid, discusses President Trump adding some high profile, controversial lawyers to his defense team and whether witnesses will be called at the impeachment trial. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Intellectual property attorney Terence Ross, a partner at Katten, Muchin, Rosenman, discusses two copyright cases at the Supreme Court, one involving the wreckage of the pirate Blackbeard’s ship. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Stephen Vladeck, a professor at the University of Texas School of Law, discusses a high stakes immigration case at the Supreme Court involving the government’s ability to deport undocumented immigrants quickly after their asylum bids are rejected. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Carol Sanger, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the first abortion case the Supreme Court will hear with a new conservative majority, ruling on a Louisiana law that requires doctors who perform the procedure to get admitting privileges at a local hospital. She speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the upcoming impeachment trial and whether former National Security Advisor John Bolton, may testify. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Steven Davidoff Soloman, a professor at UC-Berkeley Law School, discusses Carlos Ghosn’s sharp criticisms of the Japanese legal system as violating "the most basic principles of humanity. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oona Hathaway, a professor at Yale Law School, discusses the War Powers Resolution and whether the military strike that killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, was constitutional. She speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Former federal prosecutor, Laurie Levenson, a professor at Loyola Law School, discusses Harvey Weinstein’s criminal trial and how the #MeToo movement and celebrity may factor into the verdict. She speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the likelihood that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will push through a fast trial and acquittal for President Donald Trump. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Karen Greenberg, the Director of the Center on National Security at Fordham Law School, discusses the legal questions surrounding President Trump’s order of a military strike against Iran’s most powerful general. She speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Michael Dorf, a professor at Cornell Law School, discusses Chief Justice John Roberts’ year-end report on the judiciary and the subtext which appears to be referring to President Trump. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Greg Stohr, Bloomberg News Supreme Court Reporter, discusses Chief Justice John Roberts’ role presiding over the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Steve Sanders, a professor at Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law, discusses Supreme Court justices struggling during oral argument with the standard for deciding what country should be able to determine where an infant in the middle of an international custody battle should reside. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Bloomberg Law Supreme Court Reporter, discusses why the Supreme Court’s docket has an unusually large number of immigration cases this term, including so-called "crimmigration" cases. She speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond School of Law, discusses the accelerated push by President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to pack the judiciary with conservatives, wrapping up the year in a confirmation sprint that put the president past his appointment goal through 2019. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Timothy Jost, a professor at the Washington and Lee University School of Law, discusses the federal appellate court decision striking down the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate as unconstitutional, but punting on whether that means the rest of the law must also be invalidated. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jessica Roth, a professor at Cardoza Law School, discusses what the impeachment trial of President Trump will look like in the Senate. She speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Neal Devins, a professor at William & Mary Law School, discusses the U.S. Supreme Court agreeing to consider President Donald Trump’s bid to keep his financial and tax records secret, setting up a major constitutional and political showdown in the middle of next year’s election campaign. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Josh Blackman, a professor of constitutional law at the South Texas College of Law, discusses arguments at a 15-judge appellate panel in Richmond, Virginia that is considering one of three lawsuits accusing President Trump of violating the constitution’s emoluments clauses. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses the two articles of impeachment against President Trump and what’s ahead. He speapks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Spencer Waller, the director of the Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies at Loyola University Chicago, discusses the trial where state attorneys general led by New York and California argue the Sprint and T-Mobile merger should be blocked because it will reduce competition in the wireless market and lead to higher prices for consumers. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Pat Parenteau, a professor of environmental law at Vermont Law School, discusses Exxon Mobil Corp.’s win in a high profile trial over its accounting for the financial risks of climate change, in an outright rejection of New York state’s claim that the energy giant engaged in a cynical scheme to mislead investors for years. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jeffrey Fagan, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the Supreme Court’s refusal to allow the federal government to resume executions after a 16-year hiatus, rejecting a bid by President Donald Trump’s administration to lift a court-ordered hold. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
