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June Grasso speaks with prominent attorneys and scholars, analyzing legal issues and cases in the news.
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New York, NY
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Bloomberg News
Description:
June Grasso speaks with prominent attorneys and scholars, analyzing legal issues and cases in the news.
Twitter:
@bloombergnews
Language:
English
Contact:
212-318-2000
Episodes
The Week in Law: Transgender Athletes, Big Oil & ICE Officer Immunity
1/16/2026
David Cole, a professor at Georgetown Law and the former National Legal Director of the ACLU, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments on state laws banning transgender girls and women from competing on female athletic teams. Then environmental law expert Pat Parenteau, a professor at the Vermont Law & Graduate School, discusses Louisiana’s fight against Big Oil at the court. And Anya Bidwell, a senior attorney at the Institute for Justice, discusses whether the ICE officer who shot a Minneapolis woman, will be held to account. June Grasso hosts.
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Duration:00:40:17
Can Rene Good's Family Sue the Ice Officer Who Shot Her?
1/15/2026
Anya Bidwell, a senior attorney at the Institute for Justice, discusses whether the family of the woman shot by an ICE officer can sue for damages. Then Jessica Peake, the Director of International and Comparative Law Program at UCLA Law School, discusses President Trump’s rhetoric about acquiring Greenland. And First Amendment attorney Jeff Lewis discusses the FBI searching a reporter’s home. June Grasso hosts.
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Duration:00:40:47
SCOTUS on Transgender Sports Bans
1/13/2026
Columbia Law School Professor Suzanne Goldberg, Director of the Sexuality and Gender Law Clinic, discusses the Supreme Court oral arguments on state laws banning transgender girls and women from competing on female athletic teams. Former federal prosecutor Marisa Darden, a partner at Benesch, discusses the upcoming trial of former Supreme Court advocate Tom Goldstein. June Grasso hosts.
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Duration:00:36:52
Powell Investigation, Uvalde School Shooting & Lindsey Halligan
1/12/2026
Bloomberg Intelligence senior litigation analyst Elliott Stein discusses the criminal investigation into Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Then trial attorney David Ring, a partner at Taylor & Ring, discusses the trial of a former Texas police officer accused in the Uvalde school shooting. And constitutional law professor Harold Krent of the Chicago-Kent College of Law, talks about a judge ordering Lindsey Halligan to explain why she's still claiming to the US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. June Grasso hosts.
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Duration:00:33:44
ICE Agent Shooting of Minneapolis Woman
1/9/2026
Former Manhattan prosecutor and criminal defense attorney Paul Callan, of counsel at Edelman & Edelman, discusses the fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis by an ICE agent. Then immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the status of undocumented Venezuelans and the latest news on H1-B Visas. June Grasso hosts.
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Duration:00:35:35
Trump Wants Greenland
1/7/2026
International law expert Monica Hakimi, a professor at Columbia Law School and a former State Department official, discusses the Trump administration’s interest in acquiring Greenland, a self-governing territory of Denmark. Maia Spoto, Bloomberg Law Los Angeles correspondent, discusses upcoming cases between California and the Trump administration. June Grasso hosts.
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Duration:00:32:54
Sen. Mark Kelly Censured & 92-Year-Old Judge in Maduro Case
1/6/2026
Joshua Kastenberg, a professor at the University of New Mexico Law School and a former judge and lawyer in the US Air Force, discusses the Defense Secretary's unprecedented censure of US Senator Mark Kelly. Then Bloomberg Law reporter Mike Vilensky discusses the 92-year-old judge, Manhattan US District Judge Alvin Hellerstein, who will be overseeing the Nicolas Maduro prosecution. June Grasso hosts.
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Duration:00:28:59
The Case Against Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro
1/5/2026
Former federal prosecutor Jimmy Gurule, a professor at Notre Dame Law School, and Jessica Peake, Director of the International & Comparative Law Program at UCLA Law School, discuss the federal charges against ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. June Grasso hosts.
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Duration:00:36:22
Instant Reaction: Trump Says US to ‘Run Venezuela’ in Interim After Maduro
1/3/2026
President Donald Trump said the US would run Venezuela until a transition could be organized, hours after a US operation captured leader Nicolás Maduro, ousting the strongman from power after months of mounting military and economic pressure on his regime.
“We’re going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition,” Trump said Saturday at a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. “So we don’t want to be involved with having somebody else get in, and we have the same situation that we had for the last long period of years.”
Trump said the US administration of Venezuela would include deploying US oil companies to the country, though indicated that his embargo “on all Venezuelan oil remains in full effect” and that US forces would stay on alert.
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Duration:00:22:38
Weekend Law: SCOTUS to Decide Tariffs, Presidential Power & Music Piracy
1/2/2026
June Grasso speaks to legal experts about top Supreme Court decisions to be handed down in 2026 regarding President Trump's tariffs, presidential control over independent agencies and music piracy.
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Duration:00:37:23
Supreme Court Special: Previewing 2026 & A Conversation With Anthony Kennedy
12/26/2025
On this special edition of Bloomberg Law, guest host Nathan Hager speaks with Harold Krent, professor of law at the Chicago-Kent School of Law to preview some of the high profile cases before the Supreme Court in the New Year. Plus, we hear an extended conversation with former Supreme Court justice Anthony Kennedy.
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Duration:00:38:40
SCOTUS 2025 Analysis & Luigi Mangione Wants Evidence Thrown Out
12/20/2025
Constitutional law expert David Super discusses the top Supreme Court decisions of 2025 involving everything from LGBTQ rights to nationwide injunctions. Then former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, discusses Luigi Mangione’s attempt to get key evidence thrown out of his eventual murder trial. June Grasso hosts.
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Duration:00:41:50
Judge on Trial for Aiding Migrant & School Strip Searches for Minor Offenses
12/17/2025
Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses a first of its kind trial of a Wisconsin judge for allegedly interfering with the ICE arrest of a migrant. Then Bloomberg Law senior reporter Emily Siegel, discusses a Bloomberg Law study of the number of cases across the country involving strip searches of kids in school for minor offenses. June Grasso hosts.
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Duration:00:34:20
This Week at the Supreme Court
12/13/2025
June Grasso talks to legal experts about the top Supreme Court stories of the week
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Duration:00:37:50
SCOTUS on Suits Against Investment Firms & Death Penalty
12/12/2025
Securities law expert James Park, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments over whether to let investors use an 85-year-old law to sue funds over their management decisions. Then death penalty litigation expert Andrea Lyon, of the Chicago firm of Lyon & Kerr, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments over the death penalty in cases of intellectual disabilities. June Grasso hosts.
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Duration:00:27:34
Campaign Finance Caps & Who Gets the Dog?
12/11/2025
Elections expert Richard Briffault, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the Supreme Court oral arguments over Republican efforts to get rid of federal caps on spending by political parties in coordination with candidates. Then Jennifer Kay, Bloomberg Law senior correspondent, discusses a custody battle over a goldendoodle. June Grasso hosts.
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Duration:00:37:04
SCOTUS Poised to Give Trump More Power
12/9/2025
Constitutional law experts William Treanor, a professor at Georgetown Law, and Gillian Metzger, a professor at Columbia Law School, discuss the Supreme Court’s oral arguments over whether the president can fire the heads of independent agencies. June Grasso hosts.
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Duration:00:30:53
Weekend Law: Music Piracy, Drug Boats, Asylum & Texas Maps
12/5/2025
Intellectual property litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments in a $1 billion music piracy case. Then immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses Supreme Court arguments in an asylum case. And Bloomberg Supreme Court reporter Greg Stohr, discusses the Supreme Court allowing Texas to use maps that favor Republicans in the midterms. Plus, Joshua Kastenberg, a professor at the University of New Mexico Law School and a former judge and lawyer in the US Air Force, discusses the second strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat. June Grasso hosts.
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Duration:00:41:35
Boat Strikes, Impeachment Threats & Immigration Judges
12/4/2025
Joshua Kastenberg, a professor at the University of New Mexico Law School and a former judge and lawyer in the US Air Force, discusses the second strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat. Then Judge Paul Michel, who served on the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, discusses the use of threats of impeachment against judges. And Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight and the head of the Office of Immigration Litigation during the Obama administration, discusses the firing of immigration judges. June Grasso hosts.
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Duration:00:39:09
SCOTUS on Music Piracy & Asylum
12/3/2025
Intellectual property litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments in a $1 billion music piracy case. Then immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses Supreme Court arguments in an asylum case. June Grasso hosts.
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Duration:00:39:20