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Jul 12, 2022 • 39min

Supreme Court's Next Term Could Be As Controversial

Constitutional law expert Michael Dorf, a Professor at Cornell Law School, discusses the Supreme Court's controversial decisions this term, and the upcoming term which promises to be just as contentious with decisions on affirmative action, gay rights, and elections.Second Amendment law expert Andrew Willinger, Executive Director of the Duke Center for Firearms Law, discusses New York's new gun legislation passed after the Supreme Court invalidated its century old law.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Jul 9, 2022 • 31min

Does the Supreme Court Have Too Much Power?

Constitutional law expert Stephen Vladeck, a Professor at the University of Texas Law School, discusses the Supreme Court term in which the justices wiped away the constitutional right to abortion, expanded gun rights and upended the law of church and state.Elections law expert Richard Briffault, a Professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the Supreme Court agreeing to use a North Carolina redistricting case to consider adopting a far-reaching legal doctrine that would affect elections.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Jun 30, 2022 • 28min

Uncertainty Following the Reversal of Roe v. Wade

Mary Ziegler, a Professor at UC Davis Law School, discusses the options to protect abortion rights now that the Supreme Court has wiped out the constitutional right to abortion.Neal Devins, a Professor at William & Mary Law School, discusses whether state supreme courts in Republican states are likely to protect abortion rights.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Jun 27, 2022 • 23min

Supreme Court Ruling Means More Guns on the Streets

June Grasso speaks to Second Amendment experts Adam Winkler, a Professor at UCLA Law School, and Joseph Blocher, a Professor at Duke Law School, about the repercussions of the Supreme Court's decision to strike down a New York law that limited who could carry a handgun in public.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Jun 25, 2022 • 17min

Supreme Court Reverses Roe v. Wade

June Grasso talks to Katherine Franke, a Professor at Columbia Law School and Director of the Center for Gender & Sexuality Law, and Jeanne Sheehan Zaino, Bloomberg Politics Contributor and Professor at Iona College, about the Supreme Court wiping out the constitutional right to abortion.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Jun 23, 2022 • 29min

Supreme Court Backs Tax Dollars for Religious Schools

Richard Garnett, a Professor at Notre Dame Law School, discusses a divided Supreme Court decision strengthening religious rights by bolstering the rights of parents to use taxpayer funds for religious education.Greg Stohr, Bloomberg News Supreme Court Reporter, discusses the end of the term and the justices rejecting a multibillion-dollar appeal from Bayer to end suits over Roundup.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Jun 20, 2022 • 27min

Spotlight at Jan. 6 Hearings

Former federal prosecutor Elie Honig discusses the possibility that former President Donald Trump could be charged with a crime as a result of the evidence being presented at the January 6th committee hearings.Chris Opfer, Bloomberg Law Team Leader, discusses the spotlight on Greg Jacob, the former top counsel for former Vice-President Mike Pence, at the hearings.Mark Rifkin, a partner at Wolf Haldenstein, discusses a Supreme Court ruling on arbitration that could have implications for Uber drivers and Amazon warehouse workers.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Jun 19, 2022 • 28min

Efforts to Hold Law Enforcement Accountable

Regina Calcaterra, a co-founding partner of Calcaterra Pollack, discusses Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles and dozens of other women seeking more than $1 billion from the FBI for failing to stop Larry Nasser, the sports doctor from sexually assaulting them, when the agency first received allegations against him.Former federal prosecutor George Newhouse of Richards Carrington, discusses the Supreme Court again raising the barrier to sue federal law enforcement for violating constitutional rights.June Grasso hostsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Jun 18, 2022 • 32min

SCOTUS Rules Immigrants Can Be Detained Indefinitely

Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a Partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the Supreme Court ruling that immigrants in detention can be held indefinitely without a bond hearing.Former federal prosecutor Jordan Strauss, a Kroll Managing Director and Kroll Institute Fellow, discusses the January 6th hearings.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Jun 17, 2022 • 14min

Court Turns Down Happy the Elephant's Bid for Freedom

Elizabeth Stein, an attorney with the Nonhuman Rights Project, discusses New York's highest court, in a divided decision, turning down their case to get Happy the Elephant recognized as a legal person entitled to protection against unlawful imprisonment and released from the Bronx Zoo where she lives alone in a one acre exhibit.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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