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Amicus: A Law Review
Jim Santelle, a former United States Attorney in Wisconsin and Justice Department official in Washington, is among Civic Media’s resident legal commentators and frequent on-air analysts. Join Jim each Saturday morning from 9 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. for “Amicus: A Law Review,” as current events meet civics understanding—through in-depth analysis and discussion (including your listener calls) of the most recent developments in the areas of law, government, courts, and the aspiration for justice.
Episodes
- Amicus: A Law Review
A Week of Major Legal News—Reconfirming that the 2020 Presidential Election Results are Fully Legitimate, Not Fraudulent
Beginning with an extensive review of some major, country-defining events on this day in American history (that continue to reverberate and impact our 21st…
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Surveying Court Activities on Abortion Access, Classified Documents, the January 6 Insurrection, and Power Grid Attacks
Focusing on four major Rule of Law developments of this past week—beginning with the anticipated decision of a federal judge in Texas on whether a 22-year-old…
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More Lessons in Civics: Everything from Fourth Amendment Searches to Terrorist Detainees to Bankruptcy Court Abuses
Observing (among other, important Rule of Law events at this time in our history) the 20th anniversary of unfounded and misleading representations by a former…
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America Shaken by Another Citizen Death at the Hands of Violent Police—And Four Important Updates in Connection with 1/6
Devoting a full hour to exposition, analysis, understanding, and reaction to the tragic and horrifying murder of Tyre Nichols by five Memphis Police Officers…
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Remembering <em>Roe</em> on the Eve of Its Decision Anniversary, Other Significant Court Events, & Violent Crime Prosecutions
Beginning the discussion with a review of our constitutional right to privacy, as first articulated clearly in 1965 and reaffirmed broadly until 2021, when the…
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Assessing the ‘Classified Documents’ Investigations of a Current and a Former President—And Other Trump Stories
With the headlines-grabbing news this week of the discovery of classified documents in the former office and current home of the President, a legal analysis of…
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Making Legal Sense of the News from the White House to Capitol Hill to Main Justice—and from Washington to Idaho to Massachusetts
In the immediate aftermath of the selection of a Speaker of the House of Representatives in the new 118th Congress, a reflection on why the diverse…
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Feverish Legal News in the Final Days of the Year: Investigations, Charges, Sentencings, Pardons, and More
Reflecting on many of the recent, significant stories in law, government, and justice, a whirlwind survey of five of the most important developments of late…
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In the Midst of Two Historic Weeks: The January 6 Committee Reporting & The Collapse of the FTX Currency Exchange
Looking backward and forward to two major events of recent days—First, the anticipated findings of the House Committee on the January 6 Insurrection (including…
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The Darkness on the Edge of Town: A Week Full of Reasons for Concern and Grounds for Optimism about America
Beginning with both the warning and the hope of journalist Brian Williams about the future of the United States, an in-depth presentation on and analysis of…
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In Observance of Six Months of Broadcasts—The Language of Judges, Witnesses, & Lawyers in Our Courts
Consistent with the adopted mission of the program to offer analysis and discussion of the major stories in law, government, and the aspiration for justice in…
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An Exceedingly Busy Week in Our Nation’s Courts—Including Lots of Unfavorable Rulings for the former President
In ways obvious and discrete, explicit and implicit, the federal and state courts of America this week rejected two of the principal doctrines that have…
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Appointments of ‘Special’ Participants in the Judicial Process—A ‘Monitor’ & A ‘Counsel’—And A Significant Case Before the Supreme Court on the Liability of On-Line Social Media Platforms
On a day when America recalls the stirring words of Abraham Lincoln in dedication of the National Cemetery at the Gettysburg Battlefield 159 years ago…
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The Feverish Pace of Judicial Activity Continues in the Civil and Criminal Courts, Trial and Appellate, of America
For the second week in a row, a survey and analysis of some of the breathtaking goings-on in our nation’s tribunals—including the freezing of Alex Jones’…
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In Celebration of Voting: A Call to the Polls & A Frenetic Week of Court Activity in America
At the start, judges both federal and state presiding over criminal and civil proceedings from coast to coast in the United States—including the seditious…
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The Latest, Important Decision-Making of our Federal & State Courts on Issues Affecting our Nation—Part 2
After another week of breathtaking events and landmark decisions inside and outside our nation’s courts right prompts the question: “What are we to make of…
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The Latest, Important, and Much-Related Decision-Making of our Federal Courts on Issues Affecting our Nation
In the whirlwind days of this past business week, our federal courts at all levels have continued to issue decisions affecting who we are and what we will be…
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The Importance of Public Accountability, Behavioral Deterrence, and Precision in Public Language
Focusing on three of the most significant news developments in the areas of law, government, and the aspiration for justice in America, what special insights…
- Amicus: A Law Review
The Most Recent Presidential Pardons & the Most Important Oral Arguments before the Supreme Court
Invoking his delegated authority under Section 2 of the Constitution, the President this past week twice granted pardons and clemency to groups of people—for…
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The Uses & Abuses of the Power to Pardon—And the Major Cases on the Docket of the Supreme Court
In times when a former President raises the specter of pardoning all of the defendants convicted of crimes for their involvement in the January 6 riot and…
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The Appeals Court & Special Master Affirm the Rule of Law and an Attorney General Takes On Financial Corruption
On a day when our nation remembers and commemorates the 65th anniversary of the presidentially-directed and militarily-accomplished racial integration of the…
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The Traditional, Rule of Law-Inspired Role of Judges & Prosecutors
The search and seizure in early August of some 11,000 documents, including 100 classified items, at the residence-resort of former President Donald Trump…
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The Assigned Missions and Recent Actions of Federal & State Courts in America
Like virtually every week in the recent history of our nation, the past seven days have been replete with a significant number of important, life- and…
- Amicus: A Law Review
The History and Judicial Understanding of Labor in America
The genesis, development, and establishment of a Labor Day observance in American in the late 19th Century tells us a lot about the important, historic role of…
- Amicus: A Law Review
Two Historic Legal Documents in Recent American History
This past week, the United States Justice Department (upon judicial order) released the internal memorandum of March 2019, upon which Attorney General William…
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The Rule of Law Mandates for Search Warrants—And What Follows
For the first time in the history of the United States, the residence-office of a former President was the target this week of a judicially-authorized warrant…
- Amicus: A Law Review
More Significant Justice News of the Week—And Reflections on the Anniversary of the Sikh Temple Violence
Both inside and outside our nation’s courts, this week witnessed an important variety of law enforcement events—including the criminal sentencing of a violent…
- Amicus: A Law Review
The Constitutional Rights and Limits of Free Speech in the Classroom—For Teachers
Resuming a two-broadcast arc of discussions about the application of the First Amendment to public academic settings, a proper examination of the rights and…
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The Significant Justice News of the Week—and Consideration of First Amendment Rights in Schools
Likely reflecting the predominant public reactions to recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court in the areas of privacy/abortion rights, firearms…
- Amicus: A Law Review
The History, the Effect, and the Judicial Diminution of the Voting Rights Act
In its next term, the United States Supreme Court will be addressing the legitimacy of an obscure and unfounded theory that only state legislatures—and not…
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The Critically Important, Substantive Diverse Recent Decisions of the Supreme Court
Not to be diminished in significance by recent opinions on privacy rights and firearms, the High Court has also been exceptionally focused on other topics that…
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The Historic Judicial Rulings on Abortion and Firearms
As discussed and predicted in the first two broadcasts, the United States Supreme Court this week changed the course not only of American jurisprudence but…
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The Court’s Questions on Environment, Religion, and Immigration—and the January 6 Committee’s Second Public Hearing
The current docket of the United States Supreme Court also features thorny and controversial issues in the areas of climate change, religious liberty, and…
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The Judicial Development and Enforcement of Privacy Rights
Beginning with its first hints at a constitutional right to privacy in the 1920s and continuing through its full and formal embrace of such a personal…
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The Actual Second Amendment Rights to Firearms
Thirteen years ago, the United States Supreme Court said for the first time in American history that the Constitution establishes a personal right to gun…