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Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight and the former head of the Office of Immigration Litigation at the Justice Department, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments in a case that could turn the administrative state on its head. Then Kevin Frankel, a former prosecutor who leads the state attorneys general practice at Benesch, discusses the blue wave shifting control of state attorney general offices to Democrats. June Grasso hosts.

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Diana Shaw, a partner at Wiley Rein and a former acting inspector general at the State Department, discusses the threats by the Trump administration against the Democrats over conducting investigations. Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight and a former head of the Office of Immigration Litigation, discusses the Trump administration returning to its aggressive deportation practices. June Grasso hosts.

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Bloomberg Law reporter Jacqueline Thomsen discusses how the midterms punched a Texas-sized hole in the Republican attorneys general coalition, creating leadership questions for red states and handing Democrats new players to challenge the Trump administration. Then Bloomberg Law reporter Suzanne Monyak discusses how Trump’s DC makeover will face new hurdles when Democrats take control of Congress. June Grasso hosts.

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Micki McElya, a professor of history at the University of Connecticut and author of the book, “The Politics of Mourning: Death and Honor in Arlington National Cemetery,” discusses the significance and history of Arlington National Cemetery and how Trump’s proposed arch would negatively impact the cemetery considered sacred ground for veterans. Then Richard Briffault, a professor at Columbia Law School and an elections law expert, discusses the close Senate races in Mississippi and Alaska. June Grasso hosts.

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First Amendment expert Caroline Mala Corbin, a professor at the University of Miami Law School, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments in which the conservative justices seem ready to side with Catholic preschools that refuse to admit the children of LGBTQ parents. Then Bloomberg Supreme Court reporter Greg Stohr discusses possible effects on the Supreme Court with Democrats taking control of the House and Senate.  And antitrust law expert Harry First, a professor at NYU Law School, discusses the trial over the failed merger of Kroger and Albertsons. June Grasso hosts.

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Bloomberg Supreme Court reporter Greg Stohr discusses possible effects on the Supreme Court with Democrats taking control of the House and Senate. Then Bloomberg Law Senior Correspondent Roy Strom discusses the end of a 95-year-old law firm, Weil Gotshal & Manges. June Grasso hosts.

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Democrats won control of both chambers of the US Congress in a midterm election landslide that amounted to a rejection of President Donald Trump following widespread voter discontent with the economy and the war in Iran. 

Across the country, Democrats scored victories in GOP strongholds, flipping at least seven Senate seats and winning House races in districts Republicans easily carried in 2024. Several news organizations projected that Democrats would win the House, while Decision Desk HQ projected they took the Senate.

For reaction and analysis, hosts David Gura and Kailey Leinz speak with Adam Hodge, Managing Director at Bully Pulpit International and Bloomberg Contributor, Patrick McHenry, Former Republican Congressman from North Carolina, former House Financial Services Committee Chairman, Bloomberg Contributor and Ron Brownstein, Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics and policy.

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Jonathan Diaz, Director of Voting Advocacy and Partnerships at the Campaign Legal Center, discusses the Trump administration’s loses in election cases in Alaska and California. Suzanne Monyak, Bloomberg Law Reporter, discuses a judge deciding to investigate whether government lawyers broke ethical rules in the case over Trump’s plans to renovate a DC golf course. June Grasso hosts.

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June Grasso talks to legal experts Leon Fresco of Holland & Knight, Robert Mintz of McCarter & English and Edgar J. Asebey of Frier Levitt, about the top law stories of the week.

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Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the Supreme Court giving the Trump administration another win on immigration and other immigration issues. Then First Amendment expert Lyrissa Lidsky, a professor at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, discusses live streamer Hasan Piker filing a defamation lawsuit against commentator Scott Jennings for more than $72 million in damages. June Grasso hosts.

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