Good morning and welcome to another edition of Amicus: A Law Review with Jim Santelle! Jim lays out the syllabus for this weekend's show, beginning with detailing the showdown this past week between President Donald Trump and Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court John Roberts. Jim breaks down the decision of the nation's highest court to deny the hold the Trump Administration had placed on $2 billion worth of foreign aid.
In the second half of the first hour, Jim also details legal aspects that are arising in cases regarding the Clean Water Act & San Francisco Waste Water, as well as another in regards to a Hungary Holocaust Case.
Jim then begins the second hour recapping the riff between the Supreme Court and the second Trump Administration. Jim lays out the details surrounding two cases that are having oral arguments this past week. One regarding a Mexican Lawsuit against Gun Manufacturers and another regarding Nuclear Waste.
Jim takes calls from the listening audience and closes out the weekend's program with a discussion on a religious case rising out of Oklahoma and what is going on with federal judges in Rhode Island and Washington DC.
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