Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture

Guest is Mark Chenoweth, president and chief legal officer of the New Civil Liberties Alliance, to discuss the oral arguments at the Supreme Court on Monday, Dec. 8, in Trump v. Slaughter, an important case about the constitutional authority of the president over the so-called “independent” agencies like the Federal Trade Commission set up by Congress. For the Christmas season, classic movie review of the 1945 film, “Christmas in Connecticut,” a romantic comedy starring Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, and Sydney Greenstreet.

Cully Stimson, retired Navy Captain and Deputy Director of the Meese Legal Center, joins Hans to discuss the propaganda video by six members of Congress urging members of the military to disobey orders. Classic film review is of the World War II picture, “They Were Expendable,” the 1945 John Ford movie about a torpedo boat squadron that fought in the Battle of the Philippines against enormous odds, a film that shows the courage and sacrifice of members of our armed forces.

Hans is joined by former foreign service officer and Heritage Senior Research Fellow Simon Hankinson, to discuss the tussle over the Trump administration’s requirement to list your biological sex on your passport, which has ended up at the Supreme Court. The movie review is of the 2006 film “Argo,” produced, directed, and starred in by Ben Affleck about the real life CIA operation that smuggled six American foreign service officers out of Iran during the Islamic revolution using fake passports, disguises, and a phony movie company.

Guest is Kim Strassel, member of the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal, who also writes the weekly Potomac Watch column about goings on in the nation’s capital, to talk about lawfare, Jack Smith and other threats to the Republic.Classic movie review of “The Strange Love of Martha Ivers,” a 1946 film noir starring Van Heflin, Kirk Douglas and Barbara Stanwyck in a complex story about a corrupt DA and his equally corrupt wife.

Guest is James Campbell, chief legal counsel for the Alliance Defending Freedom, who was in the Supreme Court on October 7 arguing the case of Chiles v. Salazar, challenging the Colorado censorship law than bans counselors from saying anything to their clients that disagrees with the state’s Woke view of homosexuality, transgenderism, and gender dysphoria. Classic movie review of the 1942 film, “The Talk of the Town,” starring Cary Grant and Ronald Coleman, about a law professor’s nomination to the Supreme Court.

This week’s guest is Ryan Mauro, a researcher and investigator for the Capital Research Center. He joins to discuss their findings on who is organizing and funding extremist groups like Antifa who are trying to undermine our democratic process by instigating violence in our streets and our political arenas. Classic movie review of “All Through the Night,” a 1942 film starring Humphrey Bogart as a gambler trying to find the extremists instigating violence in New York to undermine our democratic Republic.

My guest is Cully Stimson, Deputy Director of the Heritage Legal Center, and an experienced state, federal, and military criminal prosecutor. He joins me to discuss the practicalities of a murder case, including gathering evidence, forensic analysis, and the criminal prosecution. The classic movie review is of “The Manchurian Candidate” (1962), about the planned assassination of a presidential candidate.

Guest is former Assistant U.S. Attorney Zack Smith, current Heritage Senior Legal Fellow, to discuss the legality, necessity, and results of Pres. Trump’s actions to remedy the crime problem in Washington, D.C. Classic film review of “The Untouchables,” the 1987 movie about federal agents sent to clean up Chicago’s crime problems in the 1930s.

Guest is Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt whose new book, “The Last Line of Defense – How to Beat the Left in Court,”is about his fierce fights as the state’s attorney general against mask and Covid vaccine mandates, the student loan forgiveness scam, and the censorship machine put in place by the Biden administration and Silicon Valley. Classic Movie Review of “The Far Horizons,” the 1955 movie about the Lewis & Clark Expedition that started in St. Louis, Missouri.

Guest is Mike Gonzalez, Senior Fellow at the Heritage Foundation and former journalist, to discuss the cut off of funding to NPR and PBS, and the bias of its news coverage. Classic Movie Review of “Absence of Malice” (1981), a film about unethical reporters and government lawyers.

Guest is Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers, to discuss the lawsuits he filed against California over its electric truck mandate, GM over misuse of customer vehicle information, and Temu for siphoning phone data from customers for the Chinese Communist Party. Classic movie review of “Smokey and the Bandit.”

On this week's episode of Case in Point, we host a lively roundtable discussion between Host Sarah Parshall Perry, and fellow legal fellows GianCarlo Canaparo and Jack Fitzhenry. What went down at the Supreme Court this week in two huge cases on use of online tech platforms?In one case concerning TikTok restrictions and national security, and in another on restricting minors' access to online porn in Texas, the Justices wrestled bigly with constitutional questions. Listen in as the trio breaks it down. We cover that, breaking legal news and more on this week's episode of Case in Point.