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June Grasso speaks with prominent attorneys and scholars, analyzing legal issues and cases in the news.
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Jul 2, 2021 • 30min
Supreme Court Rules Against Unions Again
Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the Supreme Court ruling that certain immigrants awaiting a decision on whether they can stay in the U.S. because they fear torture at home, must be detained while their cases work their way through the system.Bethany Berger, a professor at the University of Connecticut Law School, discusses the Supreme Court ruling against unions on a decades-old regulation that gives union organizers access to agricultural company land for part of the year to talk to workers.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 29, 2021 • 30min
America's 'Trumpiest' Lawyer
David Yaffe-Bellany, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton who is fighting the Biden administration, past securities charges, and corruption allegations from his own former staff.Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond Law School, discusses how President Joe Biden has confirmed more judicial nominees than any other President since Richard Nixon at this point in the first year of his presidency.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 27, 2021 • 29min
Profane Cheerleader Post Wins Protection
First Amendment expert Eugene Volokh, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses the Supreme Court ruling that a public high school violated the Constitution when it punished a 14-year-old cheerleader for a profane Snapchat rant.Former federal prosecutor George Newhouse of Richards Carrington discusses the Supreme Court ruling that police can’t automatically pursue fleeing misdemeanor suspects into homes without warrants.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 26, 2021 • 22min
Student Athletes Score Unanimous Win Over NCAA
Audrey Anderson, who heads the higher education practice at Bass Berry & Sims, discusses the implications of the Supreme Court's decision clearing the way for greater compensation for student-athletes.Jonathan Macey, a professor at Yale Law School, discusses the Supreme Court dealing a blow to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac investors in their challenge to the government’s collection of more than $100 billion in profits from the mortgage giants.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 25, 2021 • 26min
High Court Gives Goldman A New Chance to Stop Lawsuit
Securities litigator Mark Rifkin, a partner at Wolf Haldenstein, discusses the Supreme Court giving Goldman Sachs Group a new chance to stop a lawsuit that accuses the company of misleading shareholders by masking conflicts of interest in mortgage-backed securities it sold.Constitutional law professor Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses the justices handing down mixed rulings in narrow wins for the left and right, perhaps showing the newest two justices are more aligned with the Chief Justice in the center of the court.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 19, 2021 • 33min
Religious Rights Win Out in Clash With Gay Rights
Constitutional law professor Steve Sanders of Indiana University's Maurer School of Law, discusses the Supreme Court decision that Philadelphia violated the Constitution by excluding a Catholic charity from the city’s foster-care program because the group wouldn’t help place children with same-sex couples.Brandon Barnes, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Litigation Analyst, discusses a ruling by a federal judge in Louisiana blocking the Biden administration's pause on the sale of new oil and gas leases on federal land.Daniel Novak, a publishing industry attorney, discusses ambush TV interviews and possible lawsuits.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 18, 2021 • 20min
Obamacare Saved at Supreme Court Again
Constitutional law professor Neil Kinkopf of the Georgia State University College of Law, discusses the Supreme Court rejecting the latest Republican attack on Obamacare.Affirmative action expert Susan Sturm, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the implications of the Supreme Court asking the Biden Administration to weigh in on whether it should take on a challenge to Harvard College’s use of race as an admissions factor.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 17, 2021 • 26min
Father-Son Duo Plead to Dramatic Escape of Ghosn
Erik Feldman, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, discusses the American father-son duo charged with orchestrating former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn's dramatic escape from Japan, pleading guilty in a Tokyo court.Securities attorney Robert Heim, a partner at Tarter, Krinsky & Drogan, discusses why the SEC is being urged to tread carefully as it considers toughening rules that allow corporate executives to regularly unload stock through scheduling plans.Robert Iafolla, Bloomberg Law Reporter, discusses a judge dismissing a workers' lawsuit over Covid-19 vaccine mandates, the first to weigh in on the issue.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 15, 2021 • 28min
Trump DOJ Secret Subpoenas Crossed Line
National security law expert William Banks, a professor at Syracuse University College of Law, discusses the controversy over revelations the Justice Department under former President Donald Trump had secretly subpoenaed records from House Democrats, former White House counsel Don McGahn and members of the media.Patricia Hurtado, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the race to be Manhattan’s next top prosecutor.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 12, 2021 • 26min
Must Tennis Accommodate Naomi Osaka?
Ruth Colker, a professor of constitutional law and disability discrimination at Ohio State University, discusses whether sports organizations should have to give their star athletes, like tennis star Naomi Osaka, modifications or reasonable accommodations for mental health reasons.Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson discusses the Supreme Court decisions that the court will rule on before the end of the term in June.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.


