Bloomberg Law

Bloomberg Supreme Court Reporter Greg Stohr discusses the first day of live arguments at the Supreme Court. Richard Garnett, a professor at Notre Dame Law School, discusses the Supreme Court oral arguments on the Trump administration’s broad expansion of the employers and universities who can opt-out from the Obamacare contraceptive mandate. Christine Reilly, a partner at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, discusses the Supreme Court arguments over a challenge to the ban on robocalls. They speak to host June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bradley Moss, a partner at Mark Zaid, discusses the Supreme Court decision throwing out the convictions of two allies of former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie for the Bridgegate scandal. Madison Alder, Bloomberg Law reporter, discusses the confirmation hearing for President Trump’s controversial nominee to the second highest court in the country. Joe Brennan, a professor at Vermont Law School, discusses how college students, kicked off campus by the coronavirus, have sued more than 50 schools. They speak to host June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond Law School, discusses how the Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit requested that the Chief Justice of the United States, assign another circuit to look into a complaint filed by the group Demand Justice, following reports that Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had been contacting appeals court judges nominated by Republican presidents to encourage them to retire. He speaks to host June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Intellectual property litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman, discusses the Supreme Court’s decision that Georgia cannot hide its annotated legal code behind a paywall, a decision heralded by public access advocates. He speaks to host June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Adam Winkler, a professor at UCLA Law School and a Second Amendment expert, discusses the Supreme Court dropping a clash over New York City handgun-transportation restrictions, saying the city had made the issues in the case moot by changing the law to give residents more freedom to travel with their weapons. He speaks to host June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Abbe Gluck, a professor at Yale Law School, discusses the Supreme Court ruling that federal government must abide by a pledge to pay insurers $12 billion to cover some of the losses they incurred providing risky policies under Obamacare. She speaks to host June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses a case that will help determine how much power the president and his successors can wield, stemming from House Democrats’ subpoena of former White House counsel Donald McGahn. Former federal prosecutor Jennifer Rodgers, a Lecturer-in-Law at Columbia Law School, discusses legal challenges to governors’ stay-at-home orders. They speak to host June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pat Parenteau, a professor of environmental law at the Vermont Law School. dicusses the Supreme Court giving environmentalists a partial win on the scope of the Clean Water Act, ruling that the law applies to some pollution discharges that don’t go directly into a major body of water. He speaks to host June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Patricia Hurtado, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the problems, big, small and ridiculous, that have popped up as courts practice social distancing to manage the pandemic. Also, Martin Shkreli, the infamous “Pharma Bro,” is asking a federal judge to release him early from prison, saying he’s been conducting research into developing a cure for Covid-19. She speaks to host June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pat Parenteau, a professor of environmental law at the Vermont Law School, discusses the Supreme Court Superfund cleanup decision that split the victory among the landowners of Montana, the Atlantic Richfield Co. and the Environmental Protection Agency. Greg Stohr, Bloomberg Supreme Court Reporter, discusses the high court’s decision giving environmentalists a partial win on the scope of the Clean Water Act and a ruling that the Constitution requires a unanimous jury to convict defendants of serious crimes, overturning a decades-old precedent and highlighting deep divides among the justices over adherence to their past rulings. They speak to host June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.