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Supreme Court's Unusual Term: Victories and Losses Jul 18, 2020

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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.

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Ghislaine Maxwell’s Attack-the-Victim Strategy Jul 16, 2020

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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.

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Trump Supports Stone, Backs Down on Student Visas Jul 15, 2020

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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.

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Environmentalist's Trifecta of Wins Against Pipelines Jul 12, 2020

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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.

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Judge Discusses Challenges of Juvenile Justice Jul 12, 2020

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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.

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Musical 'Hamilton' Featured in Faithless Electors Case Jul 11, 2020

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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.

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Trump Loses at Supreme Court But Wins Time Jul 10, 2020

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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.

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Case May Unearth Secrets of Epstein Jul 08, 2020

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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.

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Trump Appoints No Black Appellate Court Judges Jul 06, 2020

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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.

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Is Roberts the Most Powerful Chief Justice? Jul 03, 2020

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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.

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