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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.
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Oct 31, 2020 • 32min
Is Court-Packing the Answer to a Conservative Court?
Constitutional Law expert David Pozen, a professor at Columbia Law School, discuses the wide array of options being considered to change the balance on the Supreme Court which now has a 6 to 3 conservative majority. Bloomberg News Supreme Court Reporter Greg Stohr discusses the split Supreme Court decisions on mail-in ballots. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oct 28, 2020 • 26min
Will Trump Face Prosecution If He Loses the Election?
Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the lawsuits, both civil and criminal, that President Trump might face when he leaves office. Patricia Hurtado, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the revelations from the unsealing of Ghislaine Maxwell's deposition. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oct 27, 2020 • 14min
Baseball, Snowballs and Scalia at SCOTUS Arguments
Former federal prosecutor George Newhouse of Richards Carrington, discusses justices grappling with the original meaning of the word “seizure” in a case where a woman wants to sue police officers for excessive force. Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Bloomberg Law Supreme Court Reporter, discusses why woman attorneys are finding nontraditional routes to Supreme Court advocacy. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oct 24, 2020 • 34min
Will the U.S. Break Up Google?
Antitrust law expert Harry First, a Professor at NYU Law School, discusses the landmark U.S. antitrust suit against Google and its implications. Eric Talley, a Columbia Law School Professor, discusses his podcast series, “Beyond Unprecedented: The Post-Pandemic Economy." June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oct 22, 2020 • 28min
Did Ed Sheeran Copy Marvin Gaye's Classic Song?
Intellectual property litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, discusses the upcoming trial where a jury will decide whether Ed Sheeran copied Marvin Gaye’s 1973 soul classic “Let’s Get It On,” in his hit song "Thinking Out Loud." Jordan Rubin, Bloomberg Law Editor, discusses a new case the Supreme Court will review about whether police can enter a home without a warrant in hot pursuit of someone suspected of committing a misdemeanor. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oct 21, 2020 • 29min
Will There be Mini Bush v. Gore Suits Post-Election?
Rebecca Green, a professor at William & Mary Law School and co-director of the Election Law Program, discusses possible post-election litigation. Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses The Supreme Court agreeing to hear Trump administration appeals on three cases dealing with immigration policy. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oct 17, 2020 • 29min
A Different Way to Rein in the Supreme Court
Samuel Moyn, a professor of law and history at Yale, discusses a way to shield certain laws from Supreme Court review, jurisdiction stripping, an alternative to court packing and term limits. Josh Blackman, a professor at the South Texas College of Law, discusses Judge Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation hearings. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oct 16, 2020 • 32min
How Amy Coney Barrett Could Change the Law
Leah Litman, a professor of constitutional law at the University of Michigan Law School, discusses the confirmation hearings of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court and what they reveal about her judicial philosophy. Samuel Bagenstos, a law professor at the University of Michigan who served in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, discusses how a U.S. inquiry into whether Microsoft Corp. and Wells Fargo & Co. broke workplace civil rights laws by seeking to double their ranks of Black leaders, is at odds with normal Labor Department practice. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oct 15, 2020 • 29min
Barrett Avoids Slips at Confirmation Hearings
Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses the first two days of the confirmation hearings of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond Law School, discusses the approach of Judge Barrett to the confirmation hearings. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oct 13, 2020 • 24min
Will the Liberal Justices Find New Alliances?
Andrew Crespo,a Harvard Law School professor, discusses how Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death leaves the court's three remaining liberals looking for new alliances. Steve Sanders, a professor at Indiana University's Maurer School of Law, discusses how two conservative justices used the court's rejection of an appeal, to complain that the court's 2015 same-sex marriage ruling threatens religious liberty. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.


