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Internet law expert Eric Goldman, a professor at Santa Clara University Law School and co-director of the High Tech Law Institute, discusses Meta’s landmark settlement of social media addiction claims by the states. Then James Pfander, a professor at Northwestern Law School, discusses the fight over Trump’s White House ballroom. And Joshua Kastenberg, a professor at the University of New Mexico Law School and a former judge and lawyer in the US Air Force, discusses a US Air Force Major being charged for calling for President Trump’s impeachment. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joshua Kastenberg, a professor at the University of New Mexico Law School and a former judge and lawyer in the US Air Force, discusses a US Air Force Major being charged for calling for President Trump’s impeachment. Then immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight discusses the latest immigration issues including questions of asylum. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Internet law expert Eric Goldman, a professor at Santa Clara University Law School and co-director of the High Tech Law Institute, discusses Meta’s landmark settlement with the states of social media addiction claims.  James Pfander, a professor at Northwestern Law School, discusses the fight over Trump’s White House ballroom. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Elections law expert Richard Briffault, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses how the Supreme Court lifting a block on President Donald Trump’s executive order to restrict voting by mail, creates new legal and logistical questions. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg Supreme Court reporter Greg Stohr discusses the court siding for now with President Trump on mail-in ballot restrictions. Then environmental law professor Pat Parenteau of the Vermont Law & Graduate School, discusses the EPA deciding to open millions of acres of pristine national forests to roads and logging. And Keith Alexander, Editor-at-Large at Bloomberg Law, discusses how the lives of people arrested during the surge on arrests in DC, were changed. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani, president of West Coast Trial Lawyers, discusses the trial of Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who is charged with orchestrating the 1996 drive-by shooting of the legendary rapper, Tupac Shakur. Then Barbara McQuade, a professor at the University of Michigan Law School and the author of the new book: “The Fix: Saving America from the Corruption of a Mob-Style Government,” discusses Jeanine Pirro, the DC US Attorney, convening a special grand jury.  And Bloomberg Law reporter Suzanne Monyak discusses her research showing that judges have found the Trump administration failing to comply with their orders in more than half of the 25 cases involving preliminary injunctions.  June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg Law reporter Suzanne Monyak discusses her research showing that judges have found the Trump administration failing to comply with their orders in more than half of the 25 cases involving preliminary injunctions. Then Bloomberg legal reporter Madlin Mekelburg discusses the Meta trial and the first witness to testify. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani, president of West Coast Trial Lawyers, discusses the trial of Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who is charged with orchestrating the 1996 drive-by shooting of the legendary rapper, Tupac Shakur. Then immigration attorney Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the ramping up of enforcement for employers favoring foreign workers over US workers. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Barbara McQuade, a professor at the University of Michigan Law School and the former US Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, discusses Jeanine Pirro, the DC US Attorney, convening a special grand jury. Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses ICE spending $20 million on electric shock gloves. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Criminal defense attorney Jeremy Saland, a former Manhattan prosecutor, discusses Luigi Mangione’s plea to federal charges of stalking without a plea deal in place. Internet law expert Eric Goldman, a professor at Santa Clara University Law School and co-director of the High Tech Law Institute, discusses dozens of state attorneys general suing Meta for harm to the mental health of youth. Antitrust expert Harry First, a professor at NYU Law School, discusses an antitrust inquiry into the NFL’s exemption. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg legal reporter David Voreacos discusses an expected plea by Luigi Mangione to federal charges connected to the fatal shooting of UnitedHealth Group executive Brian Thompson. Then former federal prosecutor Marisa Darden, head of the White Collar, Government Investigations & Regulatory Practice Group at Benesch Law, discusses the record breaking $12.5 billion deal to buy the Los Angeles Lakers. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Internet law expert Eric Goldman, a professor at Santa Clara University Law School and co-director of the High Tech Law Institute, discusses dozens of state attorneys general suing Meta for harm to the mental health of youth. Judiciary expert Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond Law School, discusses President Trump’s judicial picks. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg Supreme Court reporter Greg Stohr discusses the court's record low approval ratings. Antitrust expert Harry First, a professor at NYU Law School, discusses an antitrust inquiry into the NFL's exemption.  June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Constitutional law expert Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses President Trump threatening to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook again. Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses Trump signing new orders on birthright citizenship. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

June Grasso discusses the top stories of the week with Professor David Super of Georgetown Law, Robert Mintz of McCarter & English and former Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dave Aronberg, former Palm Beach County State Attorney, discusses a Senate committee voting to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress. Then Bloomberg Law reporter Jacqueline Thomsen discusses Fifth Circuit judges crying foul on the number of en banc hearings. And Ben Penn, Bloomberg Law reporter covering the Justice Department, discusses FBI Director Kash Patel planning to reduce the number of FBI lawyers. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Zoe Tillman, Bloomberg legal reporter, discusses the Trump administration dismissing the indictments for seditious conspiracy against the right -wing Oath Keepers for their actions in the January 6th attack on the Capitol. Jeff Mason, Bloomberg White House and Washington correspondent, discusses why President Trump is considering firing DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Constitutional law expert David Super, a professor at Georgetown Law, discusses the nomination of Todd Blanche for Attorney General, moving to the full Senate. Business law expert Eric Talley, a professor at Columbia Law School and the co-host of the “Beyond Unprecedented” podcast, discusses a US Soldier arguing that betting with classified information on the Maduro raid, is not a crime. June Grasso hostsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro, dropping felony vandalism charges against former Olympian David Hearn for damage to the reflecting pool. Then immigration expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses ICE starting a push to arrest immigrants at airports and other immigration issues. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg legal reporter Zoe Tillman discusses how the Trump administration’s losses in court could leave taxpayers footing the bill for millions in legal fees. Then Bloomberg Law senior reporter Holly Barker discusses the sentencing of Tom Goldstein, former superstar Supreme Court litigator. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Judge Esther Salas of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, discusses the top lawyer at the Department of Homeland Security, James Percival, posting a list that names federal judges who ruled against the Trump administration’s immigration agenda as the "worst of the worst." This comes as federal judges are facing increasing threats. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dave Aronberg, former Palm Beach County State Attorney, discusses Dr. Anthony Fauci’s testimony before a Senate committee and possible problems with the nomination of Todd Blanche to be Attorney General. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Trade law expert Timothy Brightbill, a partner at Wiley Rein, discusses President Trump’s latest tariffs. Then First Amendment expert Timothy Zick, a professor at William & Mary Law School, discusses former FBI Director James Comey’s motion to get the charges against him dropped. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Columbia Law School’s Michael Gerrard, an expert on environmental law and director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, discusses the legalities around the wildfire smoke from Canada entering the US. Bloomberg legal reporter Erik Larson discusses the status of President Trump’s multibillion dollar lawsuits against media companies and banks. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Host June Grasso speaks to legal experts on some of the top stories of the week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Judge Jeremy Fogel, formerly of the US District Court for the Northern District of California, discusses the objections to proposals to ban judges who were not born in the US from serving on the bench. First amendment expert Jeff Lewis discusses the NFL’s latest attempt to get the suit against it by former coach Jon Gruden dismissed. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg legal reporter Ava Benny-Morrison discusses President Trump granting clemency to companies, a first. Then Sharon Fairley, a professor at the University of Chicago Law School, discusses why some federal district courts are keeping track of how many grand juries refuse to indict. And David Hellier, Bloomberg UK business reporter, discusses the role of lawyers at the World Cup. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jonathan Diaz, Director of Voting Advocacy and Partnerships at Campaign Legal Center, discusses how 6600 noncitizens were improperly registered to vote in New Jersey in 2023 and 2024, and the Trump administration’s apparent attempt to interfere in the upcoming elections. Alex Ebert, Bloomberg Law Senior Correspondent, discusses the Third Circuit striking down New Jersey’s ban on assault rifles. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pat Parenteau, a professor at the Vermont Law & Graduate School and an expert in environmental law, discusses the Trump administration’s move to severely weaken protections for endangered species. Joshua Mitts, a professor at Columbia Law School and an expert in the predictions markets and insider trading, discusses the battle between the states and the CFPB over who will regulate prediction platforms. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Constitutional law expert Louis Michael Seidman, a professor at Georgetown Law and author of the book “The Constitution Cannot Save Us: Why We Can No Longer Rely on Our Founding Document,” discusses the Supreme Court allowing marijuana users to have guns. Amy Powell, Litigation Director at Lawyers for Good Government and former Justice Department Senior Trial Counsel, discusses the Justice Department refusing to comply with a judge’s request for sworn statements that President Trump’s $1.8 billion fund to compensate alleged victims of so-called government weaponization, is dead. Bloomberg Law Senior Correspondent Roy Strom discusses how Big Law firms are using hard-to-get tickets to major sporting events to “bond” with their clients. June Grasso hostsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.