Amicus: A Law Review

Thank you for joining us for another weekend edition of Amicus: A Law Review with Jim Santelle. On this edition, the show dives into recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions reshaping the legal landscape. Jim discusses a pivotal ruling that ended national injunctions, limiting federal judges' powers to issue broad orders, and therefore enhancing presidential authority. Controversially, parents can now...

The Supreme Court term has come to a close and we have a weekend with a bonus edition of Amicus: A Law Review with Jim Santelle. In this second part of the weekend's program, Jim takes a look at the whirlwind of legal drama as the Supreme Court tackles hot-button issues spanning free speech, religious liberty, and regulation. Up first from Texas, the Court upholds the state's age verification law...

The Supreme Court term has come to a close and we have a weekend with a bonus edition of Amicus: A Law Review with Jim Santelle. Jim dives into the Supreme Court's momentous ruling in Trump v. Casa, stripping federal courts of the power to issue nationwide injunctions against executive orders, marking a seismic shift in judicial checks on presidential power. Amy Coney Barrett's majority opinion cl...

Welcome to another edition of Amicus: A Law Review with Jim Santelle. It has been a legal whirlwind of a week, and Jim Santelle breaks down a controversial week at the Supreme Court for you across the airwaves. The Justices upheld a Tennessee law banning medical treatments for transgender youth, sparking fierce debate on equal protection and states' rights. Justice Roberts leaned on legislative de...

There is a jam packed show for you today. As always, your host, Jim Santelle kicks it off with a brief overview of our syllabus and gets right into the updates on what he calls "Injunction Function". Judges are working overtime to stop the orders of the president and uphold the Constitution. He then takes time to review an opinion from N. California Judge Charles Breyer on the National Guard being...

In a whirlwind of legal drama, Jim Santelle dissects the explosive return of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, deported without due process but now back under a federal indictment in Tennessee for alien smuggling. Santelle takes it to Attorney General Pam Bondi for her inflammatory rhetoric and neglecting the presumption of innocence, a core tenant of the American legal system. Meanwhile, the Supreme...

Good morning and welcome to another edition of Amicus: A Law Review with Jim Santelle. To begin this episode, Jim dives into the latest legal battles and court rulings shaping American and international landscapes. Jim provides updates with what is changing with the judicial elections in Mexico and then Santelle critiques the Supreme Court's shadow docket decisions, allowing the Trump administrati...

Welcome to a full syllabus on this weekend's edition of Amicus: A Law Review. Jim runs down a recap of what habeas corpus is, and then dives into the week's legal headlines. This week, the Supreme Court delivered landmark rulings impacting immigration, religious freedom, and the power of the presidency. In a split decision, the Court allowed Oklahoma to use public funds for a religious charter sch...

In the first hour, Jim tackles the arguments happening in the US Supreme Court taking place as we pre-record this episode regarding Birthright Citizenship aka, the 14th Amendment. He also talks about the other case included which is taking on whether or not a judge in a single district, in a single court can pass an injunction which will be recognized nationwide. Jim looks at the chilling effects...

In this weekend's edition of Amicus: A Law Review, Jim Santelle explores the rich legacy of Justice David Souter, who defied expectations with his centrist approach on the Supreme Court, who passed away this week. Notable landmark cases include Planned Parenthood v. Casey and Bush v. Gore. His unexpected decisions left a lasting impact on American jurisprudence. Looking from the past to the curren...

To kick off this week's edition of Amicus, Jim Santelle delves into the controversial arrest of Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan by the Department of Justice, highlighting the potential misconduct and policy violations by the FBI. The discussion underscores the broader implications for judicial independence and the rule of law. Santelle also covers the developing stories around Wisconsin Governor Tony...

Milwaukee was the center of breaking news on Friday morning with the arresting of Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan by federal law enforcement officials. This episode dives into the details surrounding the arrest of Milwaukee County Judge Dugan, and the charges of obstructing immigration agents. Host Jim Santelle critiques the Justice Department's approach, arguing it politicizes the judi...

Welcome to this weekend's edition of Amicus: A Law Review with Jim Santelle. Jim leads off the show with a breakdown of the U.S. Supreme Court's overnight decision blocking deportations of migrants with the use of an eighteenth century war-time act. Highlighting key developments, the show covers the Supreme Court's late-night decision and the Fourth Circuit's powerful rebuke of government actions...

Jim kicks off this weekend's edition of Amicus: A Law Review with a recap of the legal proceedings surrounding the second Trump Administration's deportations of Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador and taking callers on a variety of legal manners. During the second hour, Jim also covers the issues in Columbia V. Mahmoud Khalil, the Supreme Court's take on the Clean Air Act and the FCC, and the con...

On this weekend's edition of Amicus: A Law Review with Jim Santelle, Jim shares his latest "Injunction Function" and recaps the legal filings of Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul this past week. At the end of the first hour and beginning of the second hour, Jim touches on what is occurring with the legal battles surrounding deportations of Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador. Throughout the se...

Jim kicks off this weekend's edition of Amicus: A Law Review with a syllabus for the show and an acknowledgement of the Myanmar and Thailand earthquakes. From there, Jim takes a look at the bombings by the United States in Yemen and the fallout from defense officials using the unsecure app Signal to coordinate those U.S. strikes. Jim takes callers around the state on the consequences of Signal-gat...

Welcome to this weekend's edition of Amicus: A Law Review with Jim Santelle. The show introduces a new segment titled, 'Injunction Function' and this week breaks down a temporary restraining orders or TRO. Jim does a deep dive on their meaning, and what it means for your understanding of our legal system. Then, the show takes calls from listeners concerned about Elon Musk's involvement in the seco...

Amicus Notes 9:06 Show Intro/Rundown 9:20 DOJ Overview 9:34 Trump Speech @ DOJ 9:50 Trump Speech Cont. 9:54 Taking Callers 10:08 More Callers 10:20 Trump v. Law Firms 10:34 Shakespeare Alliteration 10:39 Callers 10:43 Judge Alsup "Sham" Firing 10:52 SCOTUS 14th Amendment Case 10:56 Conversion Therapy To learn more about this show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over...

Good morning and welcome to another edition of Amicus: A Law Review with Jim Santelle! Jim lays out the syllabus for this weekend's show, beginning with detailing the showdown this past week between President Donald Trump and Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court John Roberts. Jim breaks down the decision of the nation's highest court to deny the hold the Trump Administration had placed on $2 bi...

Jim begins this weekend's show walking through the syllabus for the day's program. Jim discusses the Zelenskyy White House Visit, and takes phone callers on the subject. Jim then takes the beginning of the second hour to tackle the subject of the termination of JAG Officers throughout the Department of Defense this week and again, takes calls on the subject. To round out the weekend's program, Jim...

In today's episode, Jim takes time to talk about authoritarianism in bygone days. This discussion comes in the wake of recent decisions from the Trump White House, who believes he is the only one who can decide what is right and what is law. History tells us those who declare "I Am The State" don't last and aren't remembered fondly in the history books. On Tuesday Donald Trump issued a very signif...

Welcome to another edition of Amicus: A Law Review with Jim Santelle for a breakdown of the week's legal headlines. Jim begins the program with a review of case surrounding New York Mayor Eric Adams in his corruption charges, and attempt for a pardon from the second Trump Administration. Jim continues the program with a dive into Attorney General Pam Bondi's Department of Justice. The show breaks...

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Join Amicus: A Law Review with Jim Santelle each Saturday morning from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. as he analyzes the big legal news stories of the week and offers his own perspective on what they mean now—and for the future of our nation! Jim begins the show with sharing where the guard rails of the U.S. Constitution are for a President of the United States. What powers do the rest of the federal governmen...