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Jun 2024
39m 33s

Weekend Law: Gun Ban Upheld & No Review ...

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Second Amendment expert Joseph Blocher, a professor at Duke Law School, discusses the Supreme Court upholding the ban on domestic violence offenders having guns. Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the Supreme Court giving unfettered authority over granting visas to the State Department. Tax law expert David Schizer, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the Supreme Court okaying a tax on foreign business income. June Grasso hosts.

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