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Weekend Law: The Next AG, Justices Testify & Blocking Paramount Takeover 18.07.2026 37min

Constitutional law expert David Super, a professor at Georgetown Law, discusses the confirmation hearing for Acting Attorney Todd Blanche to be the next Attorney General. Then antitrust law expert Harry First, a professor at NYU Law School, discusses 12 Democratic-led states suing to block the merger between Paramount and Warner Brothers.  And Georgetown Law Professor Louis Michael Seidman, author of the book “The Constitution Cannot Save Us: Why We Can No Longer Rely on Our Founding Document,” discusses the testimony of Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett on the request for increased funding to beef up security amid increasing threats against the justices. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Can Blanche Become AG & Deadly ICE Traffic Stops 16.07.2026 36min

Amy Powell, litigation director at Lawyers for Good Government and former Justice Department senior trial counsel, discusses Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s confirmation hearings. Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight and the former head of the Office of Immigration Litigation, discusses the ICE traffic stops that have killed 5 people since March of 2025. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Todd Blanche Faces Skeptical Senators 16.07.2026 19min

Constitutional law expert David Super, a professor at Georgetown Law, discusses the confirmation hearing for Acting Attorney Todd Blanche to be the next US Attorney General. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Will Maine Case Change Super PACs & Justices Testify 14.07.2026 32min

Harvard Law School Professor Lawrence Lessig discusses the federal court case he is leading to uphold Maine’s law limiting contributions to super PACs. And Georgetown Law Professor Louis Michael Seidman, author of the book “The Constitution Cannot Save Us: Why We Can No Longer Rely on Our Founding Document,” discusses the testimony of Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court’s request for increased funding to beef up security amid increasing threats against the justices. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

States Sue to Stop Paramount Takeover of Warner Bros. 14.07.2026 37min

Antitrust law expert Harry First, a professor at NYU Law School, discusses 12 Democratic-led states suing to block Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. Judiciary expert Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond Law School, discusses the effect of the death of Republican Senator Lindsey Graham on the Judiciary Committee. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Weekend Law: Who Won SCOTUS Term & Felony Vandalism 12.07.2026 37min

Constitutional law expert Michael Dorf, a professor at Cornell Law School, discusses the winners and losers in the recent Supreme Court term. Then former federal prosecutor Marisa Darden, head of the White Collar, Government Investigations & Regulatory Practice Group at Benesch Law, discusses the former Olympian charged with a felony for alleged vandalism of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. June Grasso hostsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Birthright Citizenship Again & 'Justice in Motion' Bus Tour 11.07.2026 44min

Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses President Trump asking the Supreme Court to rehear the birthright citizenship case and other immigration issues. Then retired Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor discusses the “Justice in Motion” bus tour where current and retired judges will travel in a civic engagement tour. And Bloomberg Law reporter Suzanne Monyak discusses the DC appellate court ruling that Trump’s name must stay off the Kennedy Center. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Justice Jackson Starts Statutory Interpretation Revolution 09.07.2026 24min

Abbe Gluck, a professor at Yale Law School, discusses Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson reigniting the statutory interpretation wars and whether some cracks are emerging in textualism. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fifth Circuit Most Reversed & Olympian Charged With Felony 08.07.2026 31min

Constitutional law expert Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses the conservative Fifth Circuit becoming the circuit most reversed by the Supreme Court this term. Then former federal prosecutor Marisa Darden, head of the White Collar, Government Investigations & Regulatory Practice Group at Benesch Law, discusses DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro indicting a former Olympian for allegedly damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Winners & Losers in the Supreme Court Term 07.07.2026 36min

Constitutional law expert Michael Dorf, a professor at Cornell Law School, analyzes the Supreme Court’s recent term from the expansion of presidential power to the gutting of the Voting Rights Act. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Weekend Law: Presidential Power, Birthright Citizenship & Campaign Finance 03.07.2026 37min

Constitutional law expert Gillian Metzger, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the Supreme Court’s decision expanding presidential power. Then constitutional law expert David Super, a professor at Georgetown Law, discusses the Supreme Court upholding birthright citizenship. And Andrew Schapiro, a partner in the appellate practice at Quinn Emanuel and the former US Ambassador to the Czech Republic, discusses the court once again eliminating campaign finance restrictions. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SCOTUS Eliminates Political Party Spending Caps 02.07.2026 41min

Andrew Schapiro, a partner in the appellate law practice at Quinn Emanuel and the former US Ambassador to the Czech Republic, discusses the Supreme Court doing away with political party spending caps. Zane McNeill, an attorney in Lawyers for Good Government’s gender justice and health equity practice, discusses the Supreme Court upholding state laws that ban transgender women and girls from playing on female sports teams. Marisa Darden, chair of the white collar and government investigations practice group at Benesch Law, discusses the indictment of two former NBA players in the sports gambling probe. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Trump Loses as SCOTUS Affirms Birthright Citizenship 01.07.2026 19min

Constitutional law expert David Super, a professor at Georgetown Law, discusses the Supreme Court’s landmark decision affirming birthright citizenship. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SCOTUS Expands Presidential Power 29.06.2026 30min

Constitutional law experts Gillian Metzger, a professor at Columbia Law School, and Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discuss Supreme Court decisions expanding President Trump’s power to fire top federal regulators, but carving out an exception for the Federal Reserve. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Instant Reaction: Supreme Court Blocks Trump from Firing Fed's Lisa Cook 29.06.2026 28min

The US Supreme Court ruled that Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook can stay in her job for now, reinforcing the central bank’s independence from the White House and dealing a setback to President Donald Trump.In a separate ruling, the court expanded the president’s power to fire top government officials at other federal agencies.Voting 5-4, the high court said Cook can remain at the Fed while she fights Trump’s bid to oust her over unproven mortgage fraud allegations. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh joined the three liberals in the majority. Bloomberg's Paul Sweeney and Scarlet Fu got reaction from: June Grasso, Bloomberg Law Host Elliot Stein, Bloomberg Intelligence litigation analyst  Tyler Kendall, Bloomberg Washington correspondent  Gautam Mukunda, Lecturer at Yale School of Management and Bloomberg Opinion contributor See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Weekend Law: SCOTUS on Human Rights, Religious Rights & Etan Patz 26.06.2026 36min

International law expert Curtis Bradley, a professor at the University of Chicago Law School, discusses Supreme Court’s decisions basically eliminating human rights lawsuits against companies over atrocities committed abroad. Then Richard Garnett, a professor at Notre Dame Law School and Director of the Notre Dame Program on Church, State & Society, discusses the Supreme Court decision blocking a Rastafarian’s suit Against prison officials for cutting off his dreadlocks in a flagrant violation of his religious rights. And former Manhattan prosecutor and criminal defense attorney Paul Callan, of counsel at Edelman & Edelman, discusses the Supreme Court reinstating the murder conviction of Pablo Hernandez for the murder of 6 year old Etan Patz who became the poster child for missing children. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SCOTUS: Trump Immigration Wins & 'Vampire' Gun Law 26.06.2026 35min

Second Amendment expert Andrew Willinger, a professor at the Georgia State University College of Law, discusses the Supreme Court finding Hawaii’s so-called “vampire” gun law unconstitutional. Then immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the two Supreme Court rulings in favor of the Trump administration’s restrictive immigration policies. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SCOTUS Ends Human Rights Lawsuits Over Atrocities Abroad 24.06.2026 36min

International law expert Curtis Bradley, a professor at the University of Chicago Law School, discusses Supreme Court’s decisions basically eliminating human rights lawsuits against companies over atrocities committed abroad, but reviving Exxon’s $1 billion suit against a Cuban conglomerate for operating oil and gas assets seized in 1960. Then Professor Carl Tobias of the University of Richmond Law School, an expert in federal judicial selection, discusses the uphill battle facing Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche in getting confirmed as the US Attorney General. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SCOTUS Blocks Rastafarian's Suit Against Prison Guards 24.06.2026 36min

Richard Garnett, a professor at Notre Dame Law School and Director of the Notre Dame Program on Church, State & Society, discusses the Supreme Court decision blocking a Rastafarian’s suit against prison officials for cutting off his dreadlocks in a flagrant violation of his religious rights. Then Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight and the former head of the Office of Immigration Litigation in the Obama administration, discusses the Supreme Court decision backing the Trump administration and border officials over the re-entry of a green card holder. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Etan Patz Murder Conviction Reinstated & Upcoming SCOTUS Cases 23.06.2026 34min

Former Manhattan prosecutor and criminal defense attorney Paul Callan, of counsel at Edelman & Edelman, discusses the Supreme Court reinstating the murder conviction of Pedro Hernandez for the murder of 6-year-old Etan Patz who became the poster child for missing children. Then constitutional law expert Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses the high profile cases the Supreme Court has yet to decide this term including cases on birthright citizenship and the firing of a Federal Reserve Governor. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.