On The Case Podcast
1) The trillion-dollar question: Can private lawyers hold drug companies accountable for the opioid epidemic?
Cities, states and counties across the country have hired private lawyers to sue the pharmaceutical companies that they blame for the addiction crisis that has cost tens of thousands of lives – and bi...Show More
2) Free speech v. government regulation on the Internet
Congress and the White House are talking about regulating Google, Twitter, Facebook and other Internet content companies. First Amendment guru Eugene Volokh – who predicted the Babel of voices on the ...Show More
3) Meanwhile, back at 1 First Street
With the Kavanaugh crisis resolved, the U.S. Supreme Court returns to business as usual. We get the inside skinny from Supreme Court lawyer (and former Antonin Scalia clerk) Kannon Shanmugam about app...Show More
4) Can the president control the Justice Department?
Donald Trump is challenging the independence of the Justice Department in unprecedented ways – and neither the U.S. Constitution nor Congress has set explicit limits on presidential authority over fed...Show More
5) Courting Change: Trump’s impact on the federal appellate courts
While all eyes are on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, this is far from the full story of Trump’s impact on the federal judiciary. In less than two years, Trump has appoint...Show More
6) Guns and lawsuits: Is America actually safer because you can’t sue gunmakers over mass shootings?
State and federal laws make it almost impossible to hold gunmakers accountable when killers go on murderous sprees. Shooting victims’ families are fighting an uphill battle to get around those rules. ...Show More
7) NFL protesters, Omarosa and John Brennan: When the president wants you to just shut up
What do NFL protesters, Omarosa and John Brennan have in common? President Donald Trump wants them all to shut up. Trump’s efforts to control what other people say stir up some really complicated ques...Show More