Amicus: A Law Review

Good morning and welcome to another edition of Amicus: A Law Review with Jim Santelle. This week, federal courts were a battleground as judges confronted executive overreach, issuing injunctions to stop disruptive policies of the Trump Administration amid the federal government shutdown. In Rhode Island and Massachusetts, judges ordered the administration to release emergency SNAP […]

Sat Nov 1, 2025

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Welcome to another weekend edition of Amicus: A Law Review. This week, Jim Santelle unpacks a whirlwind of legal controversies surrounding presidential authority. He delves into high-profile prosecutions of Trump’s adversaries, James Comey, Letitia James, and John Bolton, highlighting motions for dismissal amid claims of vindictive prosecution. Jim scrutinizes Trump’s use of pardon power, notably […]

Sat Oct 25, 2025

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Good morning and welcome to another weekend edition of Amicus: A Law Review. On today’s episode, Jim Santelle dives deep into the potential dismantling of the Voting Rights Act as the Supreme Court weighs Louisiana v. Calais, a case that challenges Section II’s necessity in modern America. Justices Kavanaugh and Jackson spar over the Act’s […]

Sat Oct 18, 2025

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Welcome to another weekend edition of Amicus: A Law Review with Jim Santelle. On this edition, Jim dives into the week’s legal dramas, starting with the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, exploring allegations of vindictive prosecution under President Trump’s directives. Then, Jim transitions to discuss the […]

Sat Oct 11, 2025

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To open the show up, Jim gives an overview on what we are going to talk about today. The Fall Docket of the US Supreme Court is starting next week and a little know decision from the 1930’s is coming back into the conversation and Jim will cover it all, as well as other topics. […]

Sat Oct 4, 2025

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On this weekend’s special edition of “Amicus: A Law Review,” we will report on and address a wide variety of topics related to the government-shocking and justice-fracturing criminal indictment of former FBI Director James Comey: That extensive analysis will begin with explanations of the charges against him, the mechanisms that produced them, and what might […]

Sat Sep 27, 2025

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This weekend on Amicus: A Law Review, Jim Santelle dives into the turbulent news of American civics and constitutional integrity. At the Supreme Court, Justice Sonia Sotomayor decries the decline in civics education, warning of confusion between presidents and kings, while Trump proposes alarming expansions of presidential powers, including targeting ‘narco-terrorists.’ Plus, the administration’s crackdown […]

Sat Sep 20, 2025

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Good morning an thank you for joining another weekend edition of Amicus: A Law Review with Jim Santelle. Following a week marked by tragic violence at Utah Valley University and Evergreen High School, the show takes a look at the First and Second Amendments’ scope and restrictions. Jim Santelle then shares a critique of the […]

Sat Sep 13, 2025

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Your host, Jim Santelle gets right into the moment with so much news happening in the world of law. We discuss the new docket coming up for The Supreme Court starting this Fall and what we should expect. Next, a fully funded, mostly completed green energy project is being stopped for “security reasons”, but we […]

Sat Sep 6, 2025

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On this weekend’s edition of Amicus: A Law Review, Jim Santelle dives into a week of judicial fireworks as courts across America rebuke presidential actions. The Federal Circuit Court delivers a crushing blow to Trump’s sweeping tariffs, declaring them unconstitutional and beyond presidential power. Meanwhile, the Ninth Circuit protects Venezuelan immigrants’ temporary status against executive […]

Sat Aug 30, 2025

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