Cities, states and counties across the country have hired private lawyers to sue the pharmaceutical companies that they blame for the addiction crisis that has cost tens of thousands of lives – and billions of dollars. One of the leaders of the

Free speech v. government regulation on the Internet

Oct 12th, 2018 35m 51s

Congress and the White House are talking about regulating Google, Twitter, Facebook and other Internet content companies. First Amendment guru Eugene Volokh – who predicted the Babel of voices on the Internet more than 20 years ago – explains w

Meanwhile, back at 1 First Street

Oct 8th, 2018 39m 42s

With the Kavanaugh crisis resolved, the U.S. Supreme Court returns to business as usual. We get the inside skinny from Supreme Court lawyer (and former Antonin Scalia clerk) Kannon Shanmugam about appearing before the highest court in the land.

Can the president control the Justice Department?

Sep 21st, 2018 47m 35s

Donald Trump is challenging the independence of the Justice Department in unprecedented ways – and neither the U.S. Constitution nor Congress has set explicit limits on presidential authority over federal prosecutors. But law professor and hist

Courting Change: Trump’s impact on the federal appellate courts

Sep 20th, 2018 34m 26s

While all eyes are on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, this is far from the full story of Trump’s impact on the federal judiciary. In less than two years, Trump has appointed 26 judges to the 13 Courts of Appeals – a

Guns and lawsuits: Is America actually safer because you can’t sue gunmakers over mass shootings?

Sep 13th, 2018 34m 46s

State and federal laws make it almost impossible to hold gunmakers accountable when killers go on murderous sprees. Shooting victims’ families are fighting an uphill battle to get around those rules. But, in this episode, a top lawyer for the f

NFL protesters, Omarosa and John Brennan: When the president wants you to just shut up

Sep 6th, 2018 27m 54s

What do NFL protesters, Omarosa and John Brennan have in common? President Donald Trump wants them all to shut up. Trump’s efforts to control what other people say stir up some really complicated questions about the 1st amendment, employment la

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