Bloomberg Law

Bloomberg Law Reporter Madison Alder, discusses why some courts are pumping the brakes on reopening efforts as Covid-19 cases rise, while others face pushback from lawyers over resuming in-person operations. Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses President Trump's memorandum that seeks to bar undocumented immigrants from being included in the census court. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg legal reporter Erik Larson discusses former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen's claim that his sudden return to prison is illegal retaliation for his decision to write an unflattering book about Trump before this year’s election. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former federal prosecutor Elie Honig of Lowenstein Sandler discusses the clashes between federal agents and protesters in Portland, Oregon. Harold Krent a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law discusses the continuing legal battles over the subpoenas of President Trump's financial records. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Josh Blackman, a constitutional law professor at the South Texas College of Law, discusses Chief Justice John Roberts' majority opinion in Trump v. Vance which referred to Chief Justice John Marshall's rulings from the Aaron Burr treason trials. But did Marshall win the standoff over documents with President Thomas Jefferson or did Jefferson win? June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Richard Garnett, a professor at Notre Dame Law School, discusses the expansion of religious liberties at the Supreme Court this term. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stephen Vladeck, a professor of constitutional law at the University of Texas Law School, discusses the Supreme Court's most remarkable term featuring victories for immigrants, abortion rights, LGBTQ workers and religious freedoms and the dominant role of Chief Justice John Roberts. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg Legal Reporter Patricia Hurtado discusses the bail hearing for Ghislaine Maxwell that ended with a ruling that she must spend the next year behind bars awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges tied to her former boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein, but it also offered hints at her defense strategy. Bloomberg Legal Reporter Laurel Calkins discusses the legal battles of the Texas Republican Party in trying to force the city of Houston to host the party’s convention in person in the middle of a pandemic hot zone. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses President Donald Trump commuting the sentence of longtime ally Roger Stone, sentenced to more than three years in prison for witness tampering and lying to Congress. Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight discusses the Trump administration rescinding a rule that would have required international students to transfer or leave the country if their schools held classes entirely online because of the coronavirus pandemic. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pat Parenteau, an environmental law professor at Vermont Law School, discusses three major victories for environmentalists in one week in blocking oil and gas pipelines, as a court ordered the Dakota Access pipeline to shut down during an environmental review, the Supreme Court refused to reinstate streamlined permitting for the Keystone XL pipeline and a decision by the developers of the Atlantic Coast pipeline to call it quits after years of legal delays. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Judge Dan Michael, the new President of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, discusses his years on the bench of the Memphis and Shelby County Tennessee Juvenile Court, the work of the National Council, and his goals for juvenile and family courts. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.