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.
Elliott Stein, Bloomberg Intelligence senior litigation analyst, discusses President Trump appealing a court order blocking him from firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. Constitutional law professor Eric Segall of the Georgia State University, discusses how the Roberts court has changed the law over the past two decades. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
David Harris, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh Law School and an expert in racial profiling, discusses the Supreme Court lifting the restrictions on immigrations stops in Los Angeles. Laura Davison, Washington Deputy Bureau Chief, discusses the latest on the Jeffrey Epstein files. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Constitutional law professor Harold Krent of the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses the Chief Justice allowing President Trump to fire the only Democratic member of the FTC. Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the difficulties the DC US Attorney, Jeanine Pirro, is having getting grand juries to indict. Bloomberg legal reporter Erik Larson, discusses the Second Circuit leaving intact the more than $83 million defamation verdict against Trump,...
June Grasso talks to legal experts about the top law stories of the week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses an appeals court blocking Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members. Judiciary expert Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond Law School, discusses Trump saying he’ll sue over the Senate’s blue slip tradition. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Antitrust law expert Harry First, a professor at NYU Law School, discusses a federal judge ruling that Google doesn't have to sell its Chrome web browser in an antitrust case. Healthcare attorney Harry Nelson, a partner at Leech Tishman Nelson Hardiman, discusses the calls for HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr to step down. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Professor Harold Krent of the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses a federal judge finding that Trump sending troops to Los Angeles was illegal under federal law. Jimmy Gurule, a professor at Notre Dame Law School, discusses a federal appeals court finding that Trump’s tariffs are illegal. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
June Grasso talks to leading experts about the top legal stories of the week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Elliott Stein, Bloomberg Intelligence senior litigation analyst, discusses Fed Governor Lisa Cook’s lawsuit to stop President Trump from firing her. Vida Johnson, a professor at Georgetown law and co-director of the school’s criminal justice clinic, discusses Trump’s executive order to end cashless bail. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
David Cole, a professor at Georgetown Law who represented flag burners in landmark Supreme Court decisions, discusses President Trump's executive order directing the prosecution of people who burn the American flag. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses President Trump firing Fed Reserve Governor Lisa Cook and threatening to deploy the National Guard to Chicago. Anne Joseph O’Connell, a professor at Stanford Law School, discusses a judge rejecting Trump’s appointment of Alina Habba as the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey as unlawful. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Constitutional law professor David Super of Georgetown Law, discusses the Supreme Court allowing the Trump administration to cut off hundreds of millions of dollars in research grants. Shawn Collins, a partner at Stradling, discusses the FTC suing LA Fitness over customer’s difficulties dropping membership. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
June Grasso talks to the experts about the top legal stories of the week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the latest immigration issues. Constitutional law professor Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses an appeals court reversing the $464 million penalty in President Trump’s civil fraud conviction. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Constitutional law professor Rick Pildes of NYU Law School, discusses President Trump’s pledge to get rid of voting by mail. National security expert Bradley Moss, a partner at Mark Zaid, discusses the White House allowing social media teams to go along and videotape FBI arrests. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Anne Lofaso, a professor at the University of Cincinnati Law School and an expert in labor law, discusses the significant drop in union elections since Trump took office. Ave Benny-Morrison, Bloomberg legal reporter, discusses a $30 million dollar pardon scheme. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Professor Pat Parenteau of the Vermont Law & Graduate School, an expert in environmental law, discusses the Trump administration wanting to cut down untouched forests for timber. Professor Richard Briffault of Columbia Law School, an expert in elections law, discusses Texas redistricting and retaliatory redistricting in California. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Three Republican-led states said Saturday that they were deploying hundreds of National Guard members to the nation’s capital to bolster the Trump administration’s effort to overhaul policing in Washington through a federal crackdown on crime and homelessness. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Constitutional law professor Harold Krent of the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses the Trump administration's lawsuit against every federal judge in Maryland. Zoe Tillman, Bloomberg News senior reporter, discusses a circuit court allowing Trump to block billions of dollars in foreign aid. Jacqueline Thomsen, Bloomberg Law reporter, discusses a hack of the federal judiciary. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Former federal prosecutor Mark Chutkow, a member of Dykema Gossett, discusses how Michael Madigan’s appeal of his corruption conviction, could lead to the Supreme Court further narrowing the scope of corruption law. Joshua Kastenberg, a professor at the University of New Mexico Law School and a former prosecutor and judge in the US Air Force, discusses President Trump’s expansion of the military for domestic tasks. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Claire Finkelstein, a professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania and an expert on war powers and national security law, discusses the trial in San Francisco to decide whether President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles in June, was legal. Constitutional law expert David Super, a professor at Georgetown Law, discusses a provision in Trump’s massive tax and spending bill, that violates the constitution. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for pr...
George Derek Musgrove, a professor of history at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, discusses President Trump taking control of D.C.’s police force and ordering up the National Guard. Healthcare attorney Harry Nelson, a partner at Leech Tishman Nelson Hardiman, discusses the implications of Trump’s threatened tariffs on pharmaceuticals. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
June Grasso discusses the biggest legal stories of the week with top legal experts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
William Kovacic, former FTC Chairman and a Professor at the George Mason University School of Law, discusses the implications of President Trump’s attack on the independence of the Federal Trade Commission. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Stephanie Barclay, a professor at Georgetown Law, discusses the Trump administration memo encouraging proselytizing in the federal workplace. Justin Henry, Bloomberg Law reporter, discusses the young lawyers who left lucrative jobs because of their principles. David Voreacos, Bloomberg legal reporter, discusses lawsuits over the Trump administration’s maneuvers to keep Alina Habba as the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Elections law expert Rick Hasen, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses the Supreme Court considering outlawing the use of race in drawing voting maps. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the 9th Circuit ruling upholding a judge’s order barring racial profiling by ICE. Debbie Kaminer, a professor of law at Baruch College, discusses workplace accommodations for religion. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Kathryn Judge, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the resignation of Fed Reserve board member Adriana Kugler. Jimmy Gurule, a professor at Notre Dame Law School, discusses the legal battles over President Trump’s tariffs. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
June Grasso talks to legal experts about the top law stories of the week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Constitutional law expert David Super, a professor at Georgetown Law, discusses the Trump administration ratcheting up its attacks on the federal judiciary. Constitutional law professor Harold Krent, of the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses a Third Circuit ruling that deals a blow to labor judges. Federal judiciary expert Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond Law School, discusses the controversial Trump nominee, Emil Bove, winning confirmation to the Third Circuit. June Gr...
