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Apr 2024
37m 42s

Weekend Law: Trump Trifecta of Losses & ...

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Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses three judges ruling against Donald Trump in criminal cases this week. Maritime law expert Martin Davies, the director of Tulane University’s Maritime Law Center, discusses who will pay for the Baltimore bridge collapse. Elections law expert Richard Briffault, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses why South Carolina will be using a map deemed unconstitutional in this year’s elections. June Grasso hosts.

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