The Game of Risk: When Judges Think They’re Admirals
Hans von Spakovsky talks with lawyer and Navy veteran Cully Stimson about the “abominable” decision of a federal judge barring the Defense Department from revising its military standards on gender dysphoria.He also provides a classic movie review of “Judgment at Nuremberg,” the 1961 movie about the military and the courts and the prosecution after the end of WWII of Nazi leaders for crimes against humanity.Cully's Daily Signal article: https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/03/25/judge-reyes-abominable-transgender-opinion/
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Aliens, Enemies, and Judges Gone Wild
Case in Point Host Sarah Parshall Perry talks with fellow Senior Legal Fellow Hans Von Spakovsky about deportation orders under the Alien Enemies Act, oral arguments in Medina v. Planned Parenthood, and some wild judicial decisions that strain a plain reading of the law. Plus, some big changes ahead for Case in Point. All that and more on this week's episode!
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Putting Free Speech in a Box
On this week's episode of Case in Point, host Sarah Parshall Perry is joined by Nate Kellum of First Liberty Institute to discuss their Supreme Court petition for review in Olivier v. City of Brandon.Can a claimant get relief from the future enforcement of an ordinance, if already charged with violating that same ordinance? Sarah and Nate talk religious freedom, free speech, and civil procedure.Plus, the Supreme Court Justices have been busy, so Sarah covers legal news, oral arguments, and more on this week's episode of Case in Point.
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Hidden in Plain Sight: Teachers Under Fire for Objecting to School Gender Secrecy Policies
On this week's episode of Case in Point, host Sarah Parshall Perry is joined by Kate Anderson, Senior Counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom, and Director of their Center for Parental Rights. They talk religious freedom, free speech, state v. federal claims, and whether objecting teachers who won't toe the line on gender identity are protected by law. Plus, the Supreme Court Justices have been busy, so Sarah covers legal news, oral arguments, and more on this week's episode of Case in Point.
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A Threat to Democracy? The Battle to Defeat the National Popular Vote Compact
On this week's episode of Case in Point, host Sarah Parshall Perry talks SCOTUS updates, cert petitions, and the push for the national popular vote interstate compact with Michael Maibach, Distinguished Fellow on American Federalism at the Save Our States. What is the national popular vote compact? Is it - as some have said - a threat to democracy? And how close is it to ratification? All that and more on this week's episode of Case in Point.
About Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture
If the thought of a legal podcast makes you shy away and you’re tired of so-called “legal” experts talking in confusing legal jargon, you’ve come to the right place. The Heritage Foundation’s “Case in Point” talks about the hottest cases affecting politics, culture, and everyone’s daily lives in a way that lawyers and non-lawyers alike can understand.
Host Hans von Spakovsky may work in Washington, D.C., but he grew up in Huntsville, Alabama. He hasn’t lost touch with his roots and hasn’t been captured by the Beltway Insiders. He understands the heart and soul of America, the everyday fol
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