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Aug 2024
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Machine Gun Charges Tossed & Tom Girardi...

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John Donohue, a professor at Stanford Law School and an expert on the Second Amendment, discusses recent cases on gun regulation including a Kansas judge’s decision that the ban on machine guns is unconstitutional. Maia Spoto, Bloomberg Law Correspondent, discusses the conviction of former high-powered lawyer Tom Girardi for stealing from his clients. June Grasso hosts.

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