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Does the U.S. Constitution ALLOW #donaldtrump to take Greenland or the Panama Canal? Is this legal? In this episode, we go back to the Country's founding document to determine what our Founding Fathers intended for obtaining and annexing land. We know we've admitted 50 States into the Union, including through the Louisiana Purchase, but what happens now? Would the taking of Greenland be a declarat...

Special Holiday Edition of The Legal Weekly Wine! Grab a glass of wine and join us for our exciting and entertaining legal take on Congress's budget issues, Elon Musk as the potential Speaker of the House, the removal of prosecutor Fanni Willis from the Georgia State criminal charges against Donald Trump for election interference, the official induction of the bald eagle as our national bird, the...

Louisiana passed a law that requires the 10 Commandments to be posted in all schools in the State starting January 1, 2025. One court believes this is unconstitutional, and the next reviewing court has kept it in place. What does case law saw about this? Recently #Scotus struck down the 3-pronged Lemon test for 1st Amendment questions regarding the Free Establishment of Religion Clause in favor of...

LGBTQ+ rights are now in the highest court of the land! #scotus just heard oral arguments for the case of United States v. Skrmetti (2023) - the case that challenges a Tennessee law that bans gender-affirming care for transgender patients who are minors. Is this a case of Equal Protection and/or discrimination, or is this a case about parental rights and responsibilities? Can/should the government...

President Biden just pardoned his son, Hunter Biden. Is it constitutionally permissible? Democrats are begging Biden to issue preemptive pardons to those who have been vocal adversaries of President-Elect Trump, including Liz Cheney and other Congressional members of the January 6th Committee. Can he do this? Have other U.S. Presidents made similar pardons? What about the President-Elect's Cabinet...

This last week brought some controversial nominations by #donaldtrump for his Cabinet, including Matt Gaetz and RFK, Jr. Since those appointments, Matt Gaetz has withdrawn his candidacy for the nomination, but the effect of his nomination continues to resound in Congress and with us. Catch this podcast where we discuss and truly whine about Matt Gaetz as Trump's pick and others, including RFK, Jr....

What happens to #DonaldTrump's convictions and cases now that he just won the 2024 presidential election? This week, our legal team at #thelegalweeklywine takes on the ways the results of this election will impact Donald Trump's criminal convictions, his sentencing, his pending criminal charges, and the future of the DOJ. Join our attorneys and our expert on the Constitution, the amending process,...

Donald Trump just won the 2024 presidential election! How did this happen? And so now what? This week, our legal team at #thelegalweeklywine takes on the election with our legal analysis. Join our attorneys and our expert on the Constitution, the amending process, and the Constitutional Convention as we break down what happened and what is coming next. In this episode, we discuss the differences b...

The Menendez brothers are back in the news! Remember them from the 90's? From true crime shows? Well, who would have thought they are back in the news in 2024? And with a new dramatized docuseries on Netflix and a chance at parole! Join our legal team as we break down the case and why it's back in the news. Find out why the brothers could be resentenced and released before Christmas. Also in this...

Donald Trump is up on appeal! In September, the New York appeals court heard oral arguments in the New York v. Donald Trump fraud case by Attorney General Letitia James. Among other questions, the court is considering whether the imposed fines were too high and whether there were real victims. Watch our prior episode breaking down Donald Trump's NY fraud case here: Is he just a con man: An analysi...

Diddy was denied bond - again! And it's likely he won't be granted bond on appeal, either. But former President Donald Trump was granted bond in all of his criminal cases. Why would it be different for Diddy and Trump? Grab a glass of wine and join our legal team for an in-depth review of the legal requirements of bond and why Diddy can't get bond but Donald Trump can. We walk you through the ques...

Sean "Diddy" Combs was arrested this week under a 3-count federal felony indictment for sex trafficking and RICO offenses. Grab a glass of wine and join our legal team for an in-depth review of the his charges and his legal issues. Also in this episode, we discuss the legal issues and charges surrounding the second assassination plot against former President Donald Trump at his Florida golf course...

The 1st week of September 2024 gave us another school shooter. This time, a 14-year-old high school freshman killed 2 students and 2 teachers at Apalachee High School and injured 9 more. The student was taken into custody and is being charged as an adult. Our legal team discusses the charges against the juvenile shooter, why he can't face the death penalty, and why he can't be given life without p...

Special Prosecutor Jack Smith just filed a NEW, superseding indictment against Former President Donald Trump in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. This shorter indictment REPLACES the prior DC federal indictment filed against Trump in 2024, and it specifically excludes mention of any conspiracies with the DOJ or anyone from the DOJ. However, Donald Trump is still charge...

How does the Democratic National Convention work? What happens with prior votes for President Biden? How does the electoral college work? Is this process fair and constitutional? This week, our legal and political team discuss political party nominations, party delegates for the presidential candidate nomination process versus delegates for the presidential election, and what the Constitution actu...

Is J.D. Vance hurting the Republican presidential ticket? Can Walz add anything as VP to the Democratic ticket? This week, our legal and political team discuss Grab a glass of wine and join us for a lively conversation as we discuss the dueling Vice Presidential picks for the week's hottest legal topics! We include the statements made by J.D. Vance about "childless cat ladies" and his take on Simo...

President Joe Biden officially withdrew his candidacy for President of the United States for the 2024 election. Through this historic decision, President Biden has placed the country and the Democratic Party in upheaval. But is this a bad thing? This week, our legal and political team discuss what rules, if any, dictate the Democratic Party's next move, and what happens at the upcoming Democratic...

Thomas Matthew Crooks just tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump. This attempt has shaken the United States and caused leaders to call for unity. However, this is certainly not the first assassination attempt in our history. In this episode, find out more about prior Presidential assassinations and attempted assassinations, along with our thoughts on how this one will (and has) affect...

In this final Supreme Court review for SCOTUS' decisions from 2024, our legal team takes a look at the Supreme Court's federal agency rulings that overturned the Chevron Doctrine and have opened federal agencies up to more normal, judicial review. In Corner Post, Inc. v. Board of Governors, 602 U.S. ____ (2024), the Supreme Court struck down the Federal Reserve System's interpretation of its statu...

Emergency abortions in Idaho, social media restrictions on content, and a lawsuit against Purdue Pharma for opioid addiction. Grab a glass of wine and join our legal team as we discuss the Supreme Court's 2024 case decisions from the last week of June! In Moyle v. United States, 602 U.S. ____ (2024), the Supreme Court upheld emergency abortions for the health of the mother in limited circumstances...

SCOTUS just dropped a bombshell opinion on presidential immunity with the decision of Trump v. United States, arising out of the D.C. federal prosecution of Donald Trump by special prosecutor Jack Smith for alleged attempts to subvert the 2020 election results.  Grab a glass of wine and join our legal team as we break down the Supreme Court's monumental decision that the office of presidency of th...

January 6th obstruction charges (Fischer v. U.S.), homeless encampments, and the death of the Chevron doctrine. Grab a glass of wine and join our legal team as we discuss the Supreme Court's 2024 case decisions from the last week of June! In Fischer v. United States, 602 U.S. ____ (2024), the Supreme Court reviewed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which criminalizes the obstruction of official proc...

The Biden-Trump Presidential debate was a disaster and an embarrassment. Get our hot legal takes on his hottest legal topic from the last week of June 2024. In this week's episode, grab a glass of wine and join our legal team for a lively discussion of what went wrong for both parties during this momentous debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. Get our take from a co...

Grab a glass of wine and join our legal team as we discuss the Supreme Court's 2024 case decisions! This week, find out all about the cases the Supreme Court decided on June 20, 2024 and June 21, 2024. In particular, we focus on the 2nd Amendment ruling of United States v. Rahimi, 602 U.S. ____ (2024), and on the Confrontation Clause case of Smith v. Arizona, 602 U.S. ____ (2024). In United States...

Hunter Biden was convicted by a Delaware federal jury this week. Find out about the weapon and drug charges and the implications of his guilty verdict. Additionally, stay tuned with us as we discuss this week's Supreme Court decisions on abortion rights and trademark law. In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court just ruled that doctors lacked legal standing to challenge the FDA's rules about abo...