Amicus: A Law Review

Join Amicus: A Law Review with Jim Santelle each Saturday morning from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. as he analyzes the big legal news stories of the week and offers his own perspective on what they mean now—and for the future of our nation! Jim begins the show with sharing where the guard rails of […]

Sat Jan 25, 2025

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This week on Amicus: A Law Review, Jim focuses on the Oath of Office that will be taken by the 47th President of the United States on Monday, Donald Trump. Jim emphasizes what the Take Care Clause is in that Oath and why it’s language is so important. Jim also breaks down the revelation over […]

Sat Jan 18, 2025

1:32:37

At the top of the show, Jim addresses the fires blazing through Los Angeles right now and how this natural disaster will be intertwined with government, as well as the law. Next, Jim speaks on his time as an intern in and the work of, the Carter Administration. President Carter’s funeral was this week and […]

Sat Jan 11, 2025

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Good morning and welcome to the first edition of Amicus: A Law Review for 2025! Jim begins the show with a detailed look at the sentencing hearing we now know if coming for the president-elect this week, as Judge Juan Merchan announced Donald Trump to be in court on January 10th for that sentencing. Following […]

Sat Jan 4, 2025

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Welcome to the final weekend of 2024, we’re glad that you are spending it with us here at Amicus: A Law Review! The show begins with a breakdown of the individuals that had their death sentences commuted by President Joe Biden in the final days of his Administration. Jim then spends some time talking about […]

Sat Dec 28, 2024

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Welcome to this week’s edition of Amicus: A Law Review. Kicking off the weekend’s news, Jim recaps the events that took place in Madison, WI this week with the Abundant Life Christian School shooting. Jim discusses what is know at this time in regard to the shooting. Jim then discusses the aspect of ghost guns […]

Sat Dec 21, 2024

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Jim lays out the case where he is going on this weekend’s edition of Amicus: A Law Review and then dives right in. First off this morning, Jim discusses the aspects of what happened in South Korea with Martial Law this month. Then, Jim revisits the presidential pardons delivered by Joe Biden and Donald Trump […]

Sat Dec 14, 2024

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Welcome to this weekend’s edition of Amicus: A Law Review with Jim Santelle. This weekend, Jim provides an overview of something that a lot have folks have been talking about over the past week, presidential pardons. Jim gives a history of presidential pardons, talks about the specific pardon given to Hunter Biden this past week […]

Sat Dec 7, 2024

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On this last Saturday of November, Jim Santelle starts off the show by taking a look at what this month’s election means for legal cases that surrounded former President Trump before being re-elected. Jim then takes a look at U.S. Supreme Court statistics, dives into the Nom-Delegation Doctrine and recaps a few of the cases […]

Sat Nov 30, 2024

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On this week’s Amicus, a packed syllabus as Jim covers developments in the cases being prosecuted against President-elect Trump, nominations for Trump’s cabinet, and some legal news from overseas. First, analyzing Pam Bondi, Trump’s newest nomination for the Attorney General of the United States. This nomination follows Matt Gaetz’ nomination for the position and voluntary […]

Sat Nov 23, 2024

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