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Steve Sanders, a professor at Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law, discusses Supreme Court justices struggling during oral argument with the standard for deciding what country should be able to determine where an infant in the middle of an international custody battle should reside. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.

Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Bloomberg Law Supreme Court Reporter, discusses why the Supreme Court’s docket has an unusually large number of immigration cases this term, including so-called "crimmigration" cases. She speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.

Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond School of Law, discusses the accelerated push by President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to pack the judiciary with conservatives, wrapping up the year in a confirmation sprint that put the president past his appointment goal through 2019. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. 

Timothy Jost, a professor at the Washington and Lee University School of Law, discusses the federal appellate court decision striking down the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate as unconstitutional, but punting on whether that means the rest of the law must also be invalidated. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.

Jessica Roth, a professor at Cardoza Law School, discusses what the impeachment trial of President Trump will look like in the Senate. She speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.

Neal Devins, a professor at William & Mary Law School, discusses the U.S. Supreme Court agreeing to consider President Donald Trump’s bid to keep his financial and tax records secret, setting up a major constitutional and political showdown in the middle of next year’s election campaign. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.

Josh Blackman, a professor of constitutional law at the South Texas College of Law, discusses arguments at a 15-judge appellate panel in Richmond, Virginia that is considering one of three lawsuits accusing President Trump of violating the constitution’s emoluments clauses. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.

Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses the two articles of impeachment against President Trump and what’s ahead. He speapks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. 

Spencer Waller, the director of the Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies at Loyola University Chicago, discusses the trial where state attorneys general led by New York and California argue the Sprint and T-Mobile merger should be blocked because it will reduce competition in the wireless market and lead to higher prices for consumers. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.

Pat Parenteau, a professor of environmental law at Vermont Law School, discusses Exxon Mobil Corp.’s win in a high profile trial over its accounting for the financial risks of climate change, in an outright rejection of New York state’s claim that the energy giant engaged in a cynical scheme to mislead investors for years. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.

Jeffrey Fagan, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the Supreme Court’s refusal to allow the federal government to resume executions after a 16-year hiatus, rejecting a bid by President Donald Trump’s administration to lift a court-ordered hold. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. 

Jennifer Rie, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Analyst, discusses U.S. antitrust enforcers broadening their scrutiny of Amazon beyond its retail operations to include its massive cloud-computing business, according to Bloomberg sources. She speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.

Leah Litman, a professor at the University of Michigan Law School, discusses the testimony of four law professors on impeachment and the drafting of articles of impeachment against Trump. She speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.

Supreme Court Last Hope For Trump to Hide Tax Records (Podcast) Neil Kinkopf, a professor at Georgia State University College of Law, discusses a federal appellate court decision ordering two major banks to hand over a wide range of President Trump’s financial records to Congress -- the third appellate loss for Trump in his quest to keep his financial records secret. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.

Vermont Law School Professor Pat Parenteau, discusses a major environmental cleanup case where about 100 Montana landowners claim Atlantic Richfield Co. is responsible for removing the lead and arsenic deposited on their properties through decades of copper smelting operations. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso about the Supreme Court oral arguments today.

Adam Winkler, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses oral arguments in which Supreme Court justices weighed tossing out a New York City firearms case, a move that would dash the hopes of gun-rights advocates. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.

Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond School of Law, discusses President Trump’s record pace of reshaping the federal appellate courts with conservative jurists but his failure to appoint enough district court judges, leading to judicial emergencies in blue states. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.

Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the implications of the ruling by a D.C. federal judge rejecting President Trump’s claims of broad presidential immunity and ordering former White House Counsel Donald McGahn, to appear before Congress. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.

Peter Henning, a professor at Wayne State University Law School, discusses General Motors’ racketeering lawsuit against rival Fiat Chrysler, that for the first time implicates late Chief Executive Officer Sergio Marchionne in a years-long corruption scheme that already has landed car executives and labor leaders in jail. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.

Bloomberg News Supreme Court reporter Greg Stohr discusses the Supreme Court taking up an appeal from Google in its multibillion-dollar clash with Oracle that has divided Silicon Valley and President Trump asking the justices to step in to block subpoenas for his financial records. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.