Bloomberg Law

Election law expert Richard Briffault, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the Supreme Court's ruling that states can require members of the Electoral College to vote for the presidential candidate who won the statewide balloting in a decision that refers to the hit Broadway musical "Hamilton" and the HBO comedy "Veep." Bloomberg Law Editor Jordan Rubin discusses a landmark 5-4 ruling, in which the Supreme Court affirmed the 19th-century reservation status of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, in a criminal case. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leah Litman, a professor of constitutional law at the University of Michigan Law School, discusses today's pair of of 7-2 Supreme Court rulings rejecting President Trump’s expansive view of the presidency and his call for sweeping immunity, leaving room for Congress and state prosecutors to get access to a president’s private records with a strong enough showing. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg Legal Reporter Patricia Hurtado describes how Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend, has gone from a luxury estate in New Hampshire to lockdown in Brooklyn and the secrets her case may reveal. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond Law School, discusses how Donald Trump is on track to be the first president since Richard Nixon to go a full first term without selecting an African American nominee for a federal appeals court out of 53 confirmed appellate court judges. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses the power Chief Justice John Roberts has, being the chief and now the swing vote on the Supreme Court. Richard Garnett, a professor at Notre Dame Law School, discusses the Supreme Court decision that states must include religious schools in programs that offer taxpayer subsidies for private education. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stephen Vladeck, a professor at the University of Texas Law School discusses how a closely divided Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana law that would have left the state with only one abortion clinic, in a surprise reinforcement for women’s reproductive rights. Jill Fisch, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, discusses a divided Supreme Court ruling that the president has broad power to fire the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, saying that Congress went too far in trying to insulate the agency from political pressure. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Intellectual Property Litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, discusses the Ninth Circuit reviving a copyright lawsuit that claims the film “The Shape of Water” copied the play “Let Me Hear You Whisper.” It was former Ninth Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski's first win at his former court since retiring from it after sexual misconduct allegations. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gillian Metzger, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses why two high profile Supreme Court rulings are just the latest setbacks for the Trump administration in the area of federal agencies where it loses about 90% of its cases in court. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jill Fisch, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, discusses the Supreme Court limiting the power of the Securities and Exchange Commission to recoup illegal profits from wrongdoers. Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses a divided Supreme Court bolstering the Trump administration's ability to quickly deport people who enter the country without documentation. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

National security attorney Bradley Moss, a partner at Mark Zaid, discusses a federal appeals court ordering a judge to immediately dismiss the criminal case against President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, who twice pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI. Professor Elora Mukherjee, Director of Columbia Law School’s Immigrants’ Rights Clinic, discusses a federal appeals court ruling that the Trump administration can use fast-track deportation proceedings for undocumented immigrants found anywhere in the U.S. who have been in the country for less than two years. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.