America On Trial with Josh Hammer

Josh Hammer tears through the latest leftist legal insanity before today's "deep dive" answers a foundational question, raised by a new Wall Street Journal article: Who, and which organizations, will comprise the "conservative legal movement" during a potential second Trump administration? To wit: Will the Federalist Society continue its outsize role in advising judicial nominations?  Learn more a...

Josh Hammer updates us on the latest left-wing legal shenanigans during today's "around the horn" segment. Today's "deep dive" then unpacks Democratic veep nominee Tim Walz's ham-fisted attacks on the Electoral College, one of the Constitution's great counter-majoritarian institutional checks. Today's "closing argument" explains the latest twists and turns in the Donald Trump-Jack Smith standoff i...

Donald Trump's lawyers filed their much-anticipated reply to so-called "Special Counsel" Jack Smith's brazen election interference in Washington, D.C., and today's "deep dive" takes us to New Orleans, where a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard a crucial oral argument on the constitutionality of Barack Obama's "DACA" executive amnesty. Learn more about your ad choices. V...

Josh Hammer explains the importance of the latest legal victory for the besieged Jack Phillips, owner of Lakewood, Colorado-based Masterpiece Cakeshop. When will SCOTUS finally put an end once and for all to these evil "bake the damn cake, bigot!"-style lawsuits? Today's "closing argument" then flags an important Mitch McConnell-penned op-ed railing against a new proposed judicial deep state power...

Following Tuesday's high-profile SCOTUS oral argument in the "ghost gun" case of Garland v. VanDerStok, Josh Hammer uses today's "deep dive" to preview some of the new SCOTUS term's high-profile, politically and culturally salient cases. Today's "closing argument" then updates us on Elon Musk's now-resolved free speech feud with the left-wing Brazilian Supreme Court. Learn more about your ad choic...

Our "deep dive" today focuses on an under-discussed possibility—namely, that the U.S. Supreme Court may be forced to step in and decide the ultimate outcome of the presidential election. Could we really see a Bush v. Gore redux? Josh then uses his "closing argument" to discuss President Trump's inspiring appearance last night at his eponymous Doral, Florida golf resort, where the 45th president me...

George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley has written an exceptional new op-ed that emphasizes much of what Josh Hammer has also been saying on "America on Trial": So-called "Special Counsel" Jack Smith and Judge Tanya Chutkan are waging an election interference war against President Donald Trump! Plus, keep your eyes on America's universities today, as we recognize the one-year a...

Today's "around the horn" provides the latest news on second would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh, and our "deep dive" then brings us back to Judge Tanya Chutkan's Washington, D.C. courtroom. How can Judge Chutkan and so-called "Special Counsel" Jack Smith justify their latest stunt as anything other than blatant election interference? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer updates us on so-called "Special Counsel" Jack Smith's illegitimate election interference during today's "around the horn" segment. Our "deep dive" then takes us to West Palm Beach, Florida, where second would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh has pled not guilty to all five counts of his indictment—including the monumental charge of attempted assassination of a former president of the Unit...

Josh updates us on numerous Donald Trump legal proceedings before today's "deep dive" unpacks an assault on the independence and integrity of the judicial branch that you've probably never heard of: the Judicial Conference of the United States' attempt to end all single-judge divisions. Josh explains why this is something we should all care about. Today's "closing argument" then revisits the feder...

Today's jam-packed "around the horn" is followed by a "deep dive" on so-called "Special Counsel" Jack Smith's latest hyper-partisan stunt: attempting to make public key portions of his recently filed 180-page anti-Trump brief. The reason is simple: election interference. Also in today's show: DOJ sues Alabama on behalf of illegal aliens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoic...

In today's jam-packed episode, Josh Hammer updates us on the latest with Jack Smith and Tish James in our "around the horn" segment. Today's "deep dive" then unpacks everything you need to know about the shocking five-count federal indictment of NYC Mayor Eric Adams. Our "closing argument" then takes us to the University of Pennsylvania and its embattled law professor, Amy Wax. Learn more about yo...

Today's characteristically action-packed "around the horn" intro is followed by a "deep dive" on a bipartisan U.S. Senate Committee's absolutely scathing interim report on the U.S. Secret Service's manifold failures in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13. Today's "closing argument" then returns to the topic of the Senate filibuster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's jam-packed "around the horn" is followed by a "deep dive" on Vice President Kamala Harris's horrific—and deeply myopic—stance in favor of nuking the Senate filibuster. Today's "closing argument" then provides a legal update for the second would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer explains all the latest legal news pertaining to the second would-be Trump assassin, Ryan Routh, who is now being held in prison without bail. It looks like the DOJ is also set to bring an additional high-profile charge—and not a moment too soon. Today's "closing argument" then addresses Friday's disappointing Secret Service report on what went wrong in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13....

Today's antitrust-centric "around the horn" segment is followed by a "deep dive" return to the trials and tribulations of presidential prodigal son Hunter Biden. Will Hunter be sentenced to jail in either his Delaware gun case or his California tax case? Regardless, will Joe pardon his son on his way out the door, come January 2025? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's "around the horn" is followed by a "deep dive" look at a new prosecution of an Alaska man for issuing repeated threats against SCOTUS. Why was Attorney General Merrick Garland not similarly prosecuting those "protesting" outside the justices' homes following the abortion opinion leak in 2022? Today's "closing argument" analyzes Ron DeSantis' plans for would-be presidential assassin Ryan Ro...

Josh Hammer explains Fulton County, Georgia DA Fani Willis' latest legal defeat in today's "around the horn" segment before today's "deep dive" brings us back to this past Sunday's second attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. Will we ever get answers—or accountability? Today's "closing argument" then provides an update on the post-Students for Fair Admissions legal fallout in e...

Today's "around the horn" segment covers legal terrain as vast as Sean "Diddy" Combs and so-called "Special Counsel" Jack Smith. Josh Hammer's "deep dive" then returns to the topic of this weekend's appalling New York Times leak about SCOTUS. How can the High Court operate in such a disastrously leaky environment? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer takes us "around the horn" before today's "deep dive" unpacks all you need to know about Sunday's appalling second attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump in West Palm Beach, Florida. What is wrong with the U.S. Secret Service? And what is wrong with Democrats and the corporate press, who continue to incite violence against President Trump? Today's "closing argument...

Today's jam-packed "around the horn" is followed by a "deep dive" return to Fulton County, Georgia, where former President Donald Trump has continued his winning streak against DA Fani Willis. What does it all mean? Today's "closing argument" then explains why this very, very leaky U.S. Supreme Court is a massive problem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer's jam-packed "around the horn" segment is followed by a blistering "deep dive" on Attorney General Merrick Garland's Thursday speech, in which he defended the alleged "independence" of the U.S. Department of Justice. How stupid does Merrick Garland think Americans are? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer analyzes RFK Jr.'s ballot-access issues and the latest Fani Willis legal drama during today's "around the horn" segment before today's "deep dive" unpacks a fascinating 42-state AG coalition letter sent to Congress urging the application of a Surgeon General warning for Big Tech products. Will Congress listen? Today's "closing argument" then takes us back to Tuesday's presidential deba...

Josh Hammer provides a pressing Jan. 6-related legal update before explaining a crucial bill now pending before the House after passing the Senate, the Kids Online Safety Act. Today's "closing argument" then explains the constitutional illiteracy of a pro-transgender ACLU lawyer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer takes us "around the horn" to a few Trump-related legal updates before today's "deep dive" explains a bombshell new DOJ indictment charging a Guatemalan illegal alien with illegally voting and obtaining multiple U.S. passports. Today's "closing argument" then previews tonight's must-watch presidential debate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices