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Surprise Win for Abortion Rights At High Court Jul 02, 2020

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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.

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Did the Film 'The Shape of Water' Copy a Play? Jun 30, 2020

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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.

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Why Trump Administration Loses 90% of Agency Cases Jun 28, 2020

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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.

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SEC's Powers Curbed by Supreme Court Jun 27, 2020

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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.

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Appeals Court Orders Judge to Dismiss Flynn Case Jun 25, 2020

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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.

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Controversial Resignation of U.S. Attorney Jun 23, 2020

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Former federal prosecutor, Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the controversy surrounding the resignation of Geoffrey S. Berman, the chief federal prosecutor in New York, after a remarkable standoff with Attorney General William Barr and contradictory comments from President Donald Trump. June Grasso hosts.

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Qualified Immunity Now a Question for Congress Jun 22, 2020

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Michael Dorf, a professor at Cornell Law School, discusses the Supreme Court refusing to take up a new test of “qualified immunity,” rejecting several appeals that challenged the legal doctrine that has become a broad liability shield for police officers accused of civil rights violations. June Grasso hosts.

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Supreme Court Stops Trump From Ending DACA Jun 20, 2020

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Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses how a divided Supreme Court dealt a rebuke to President Donald Trump, blocking him from ending the Obama-era program that shields 670,000 young undocumented immigrants from deportation and lets them seek jobs. June Grasso hosts.

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A Watershed Moment for Gay Rights Jun 19, 2020

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Steve Sanders, a professor at Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law, discusses the Supreme Court's landmark decision that federal law protects gay and transgender workers from job discrimination, giving millions of LGBT people in dozens of states civil rights they've sought for decades. Pat Parenteau, a professor at Vermont Law School, discusses the Supreme Court upholding a crucial permit for the planned $8 billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline, clearing the natural-gas line to cross under the Appalachian Trail. June Grasso hosts.

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Trump Unlikely to Stop Bolton Tell-All Book Jun 18, 2020

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National Security lawyer Bradley Moss, a partner at Mark Zaid, discusses the Trump administration seeking an emergency restraining order to stop the publication of a tell-all book by John Bolton, President Trump’s former National Security Advisor. June Grasso hosts.

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