Amicus: A Law Review

This week on Amicus: A Law Review, Jim focuses on the Oath of Office that will be taken by the 47th President of the United States on Monday, Donald Trump. Jim emphasizes what the Take Care Clause is in that Oath and why it's language is so important. Jim also breaks down the revelation over this past week recognizing a 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, when Joe Biden said the Equal Rights...

At the top of the show, Jim addresses the fires blazing through Los Angeles right now and how this natural disaster will be intertwined with government, as well as the law. Next, Jim speaks on his time as an intern in and the work of, the Carter Administration. President Carter's funeral was this week and he was laid to rest in his home state of Georgia. Jim speaks on the work in and out of office...

Good morning and welcome to the first edition of Amicus: A Law Review for 2025! Jim begins the show with a detailed look at the sentencing hearing we now know if coming for the president-elect this week, as Judge Juan Merchan announced Donald Trump to be in court on January 10th for that sentencing. Following that in-depth look, Jim touches on an update from the 6th U.S. Circuit Court that brought...

Welcome to the final weekend of 2024, we're glad that you are spending it with us here at Amicus: A Law Review! The show begins with a breakdown of the individuals that had their death sentences commuted by President Joe Biden in the final days of his Administration. Jim then spends some time talking about environmental goals and the homelessness issues facing the nation over this past year. In th...

Welcome to this week's edition of Amicus: A Law Review. Kicking off the weekend's news, Jim recaps the events that took place in Madison, WI this week with the Abundant Life Christian School shooting. Jim discusses what is know at this time in regard to the shooting. Jim then discusses the aspect of ghost guns in shootings similar to the one involved in the alleged UnitedHealthCare CEO shooting. T...

Jim lays out the case where he is going on this weekend's edition of Amicus: A Law Review and then dives right in. First off this morning, Jim discusses the aspects of what happened in South Korea with Martial Law this month. Then, Jim revisits the presidential pardons delivered by Joe Biden and Donald Trump during his first term. In the second hour, Jim tackles the news of the week in the Wiscons...

Welcome to this weekend's edition of Amicus: A Law Review with Jim Santelle. This weekend, Jim provides an overview of something that a lot have folks have been talking about over the past week, presidential pardons. Jim gives a history of presidential pardons, talks about the specific pardon given to Hunter Biden this past week by his father President Joe Biden and then touches on the topic of pr...

On this last Saturday of November, Jim Santelle starts off the show by taking a look at what this month's election means for legal cases that surrounded former President Trump before being re-elected. Jim then takes a look at U.S. Supreme Court statistics, dives into the Nom-Delegation Doctrine and recaps a few of the cases that may or may not come before the Court in this next term. Jim also take...

On this week's Amicus, a packed syllabus as Jim covers developments in the cases being prosecuted against President-elect Trump, nominations for Trump's cabinet, and some legal news from overseas. First, analyzing Pam Bondi, Trump's newest nomination for the Attorney General of the United States. This nomination follows Matt Gaetz' nomination for the position and voluntary withdrawal after only 8...

Welcome to this weekend's edition of Amicus: A Law Review. During this weekend's show, Jim remembers Ted Olson, former Solicitor General of the United States who passed away this past week and then dives into the week's legal news. The overwhelming legal headline of the week, Donald Trump has selected former Congressman Matt Gaetz to lead the Department of Justice in his second term. Gaetz was app...

A lot has happened since we last met. Former President Trump is now President-Elect Trump and with that comes a lot of questions over what is going to happen with his existing cases. Jim gives an overview of the election, as well as what could happen to Donald Trump in the courtroom before or after he takes office. In the second hour, Jim continues his review of what the country could possibly loo...

On this weekend's edition of Amicus, Jim dives into international judicial reforms in Mexico. Then, Jim describes the threats that are growing from the possibility of the U.S. Department of Justice to jail political opponents under a second Trump Administration. Jim then wraps the final edition of Amicus before the November 5th General Election by talking about the U.S. Supreme Court's greenlight...

This weekend on Amicus: A Law Review, Jim dives into a variety of legal topics and cases to share what you need to know from the land of the law. Jim kicks off the show with a look at the Baltimore Bridge Settlement and the case surrounding the Menendez Brothers following a recent true crime streaming movie following their story. Jim then dives into a hypothetical scenario of what happens if Vice...

Join Jim Santelle as he walks us through the latest updates on cases at the Supreme court, Trump criminal trials, and more! Jim traveled to Madison for this weekend's edition of Amicus, to share legal updates of this past week from here in Wisconsin, the nation and the world. To learn more about this show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us...

On this weekend's edition of Amicus: A Law Review, Jim Santelle takes a look at the upcoming cases before the U.S. Supreme Court as they begin a new term. Jim spends much of the first hour discussing the oral arguments in the abortion case coming out of Texas, as well as the ghost gun case coming before the highest court. In hour two, Jim debriefs on the death row case before the Supreme Court and...

This weekend's edition of Amicus: A Law Review dives into the revelations in the case Special Counsel Jack Smith is bringing against former President Donald Trump in federal court. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan unsealed a filing that case this week and there is a lot to discuss from Special Counsel Smith's evidence against the former President. Jim breaks down the revelation in the case and ta...

On this weekend's edition of Amicus: A Law Review, Jim Santelle kicks off the morning with updates from the current litigation surrounding former President Donald Trump. That leads into Jim discussing the move this week of former New York Mayor and Trump Campaign attorney Rudy Giuliani being disbarred in Washington D.C. this week. Jim also touches base on the hack of the Trump campaign by Iran. Br...

Welcome to another edition of Civic Media's weekend legal program, Amicus: A Law Review with Jim Santelle! Jim kicks off the show with a discussion surrounding judicial reforms in Mexico. Then, Jim talks about the U.S. Supreme Court's three case decision to round out the first hour. In hour two, Jim breaks down Supreme Court threat protection and books by Supreme Court Justices if you're all done...

This weekend on Amicus, Jim Santelle covers the latest in national legal news. On Thursday, Attorney General Merrick Garland delivered a 22-minute speech addressing a sharp increase in threats leveled at agencies like the DOJ and FBI. After breaking down the speech, Jim speaks on more developments in cases related to Donald Trump, including January 6th, the Georgia election, and Chicago's Trump To...

This week on Amicus: A Law Review, Jim Santelle guides us through the latest updates on Donald Trump's cases in both New York and Washington, D.C. In the second hour, Jim takes your calls before addressing the tragic mass shooting in Georgia. To learn more about this show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast...

It's not the holiday weekend yet, so let's recap this past week of legal news with Amicus: A Law Review with James Santelle. Jim starts off the show with laying out everything he will cover on this weekend's edition and then dives into the new Grand Jury indictment against former President Donald Trump. Then, Jim discusses the hearing set for September 5th by Judge Chutkan. Jim kicks off the secon...

This weekend's edition of Amicus: A Law Review begins with Jim recapping what the Supreme Court of the United States has been up to this summer. Then, Jim dives into the voting case in Arizona, an abortion referendum in Arkansas and a machine gun ban in Kansas throughout the first hour. In hour two, Jim reviews what is happening with a lawyer for the Oath Keepers, one of the groups that was respon...

Jim begins the show with sharing a rundown of the legal topics he plans to cover this weekend on Amicus: A Law Review. Kicking it off, the show dives into updates from a New York court case and that ballot cases taking place in the state of Georgia. To round out the first hour, Jim shares his reaction to the developments in the case surrounding Matthew Perry's death and the arrests this week that...

Good morning and thank you for joining Amicus: A Law Review on this second weekend of August. Jim kicks off the show with updates from a multitude of court cases from around the country. In the final segment of the first hour, Jim also updates listeners on the fake elector scheme. To begin the second hour, Jim launches into the discussion of what should be done to reform the ethics of the U.S. Sup...

Welcome to another weekend of legal review! Jim kicks off this week of Amicus: A Law Review with coverage of the recent proposals from the Biden/Harris Administration to tackle Supreme Court of the United States reforms. Jim then touches on the legal status around the Guantanamo Bay terrorists and a mysterious payment involving the Egypt government of $10 million. To wrap up the weekend, Jim then...