Amicus: A Law Review

Welcome to another weekend edition of Amicus: A Law Review with Jim Santelle. What is happening in Texas? Jim dives into the incident surrounding redistricting and gerrymandering, with the southern state at the forefront of a rare, controversial mid-decade map redraw that could potentially shift political balances nationally. Plus, the Supreme Court’s involvement in a […]

Sat Aug 2, 2025

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Jim Santelle, a former United States Attorney in Wisconsin and Justice Department official in Washington, is among Civic Media’s resident legal commentators and frequent on-air analysts. Join Jim each Saturday morning from 9 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. for “Amicus: A Law Review,” as current events meet civics understanding—through in-depth analysis and discussion (including your listener […]

Sat Jul 26, 2025

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Welcome to another weekend edition of Amicus: A Law Review with Jim Santelle. Kicking off the show, Jim dives deep into the murky waters of the Supreme Court’s “shadow docket,” where emergency rulings sans explanations are reshaping American law. Plus, with rampant firings at the Department of Justice, seasoned attorneys like Maureen Comey and ethics […]

Sat Jul 19, 2025

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Welcome to another weekend edition of Amicus: A Law Review with your host Jim Santelle. Dive into the weekend’s whirlwind of legal drama with Santelle taking a closer looks as Wisconsin’s Supreme Court bolsters gubernatorial rulemaking, striking a blow against conversion therapy bans and redefining legislative power. It has been a busy week in the […]

Sat Jul 12, 2025

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Thank you for joining us for another weekend edition of Amicus: A Law Review with Jim Santelle. On this edition, the show dives into recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions reshaping the legal landscape. Jim discusses a pivotal ruling that ended national injunctions, limiting federal judges’ powers to issue broad orders, and therefore enhancing presidential authority. […]

Sat Jul 5, 2025

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The Supreme Court term has come to a close and we have a weekend with a bonus edition of Amicus: A Law Review with Jim Santelle. In this second part of the weekend’s program, Jim takes a look at the whirlwind of legal drama as the Supreme Court tackles hot-button issues spanning free speech, religious […]

Sun Jun 29, 2025

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The Supreme Court term has come to a close and we have a weekend with a bonus edition of Amicus: A Law Review with Jim Santelle. Jim dives into the Supreme Court’s momentous ruling in Trump v. Casa, stripping federal courts of the power to issue nationwide injunctions against executive orders, marking a seismic shift […]

Sat Jun 28, 2025

1:27:02

Welcome to another edition of Amicus: A Law Review with Jim Santelle. It has been a legal whirlwind of a week, and Jim Santelle breaks down a controversial week at the Supreme Court for you across the airwaves. The Justices upheld a Tennessee law banning medical treatments for transgender youth, sparking fierce debate on equal […]

Sat Jun 21, 2025

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There is a jam packed show for you today. As always, your host, Jim Santelle kicks it off with a brief overview of our syllabus and gets right into the updates on what he calls “Injunction Function”. Judges are working overtime to stop the orders of the president and uphold the Constitution. He then takes […]

Sat Jun 14, 2025

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In a whirlwind of legal drama, Jim Santelle dissects the explosive return of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, deported without due process but now back under a federal indictment in Tennessee for alien smuggling. Santelle takes it to Attorney General Pam Bondi for her inflammatory rhetoric and neglecting the presumption of innocence, a core tenant of […]

Guest: James L. Santelle

Sat Jun 7, 2025

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