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Apr 2024
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Weekend Law: Trump Trial Week 1 & SCOTUS...

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Constitutional law professor Michael Dorf of Cornell Law School, discusses the historic Supreme Court oral arguments on presidential immunity. Former federal prosecutor Jeff Tsai and Bloomberg legal reporter Patricia Hurtado, discuss the first week of Trump’s hush money trial. Bloomberg reporter Leah Nylen discusses the FTC’s ban on non-competes. June Grasso hosts.

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