Case in Point: The Legal Show for Regular People

Talking about the hottest cases affecting politics, culture, and everyone’s daily lives in a way everyone can understand.

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NEW EPISODE: Slaughtering Humphrey’s Executor

This week's 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.

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Rogue Justice: The Rise of Judicial Supremacy in Israel

This week's guest is is @Yonatan_Green, a Fellow at the Georgetown Center for the Constitution, author of a new book about the seizure of political power by the Israeli Supreme Court, a foreshadowing of what is happening in America with our partisan rogue judges.

Classic movie review of the 1966 film, “Cast a Giant Shadow,” directed by Otto Preminger and starring Kirk Douglas as the real life American Army veteran who went to Israel to help train the fledgling Israeli Defense Force to defend the new nation in the 1948 Arab Israeli War.

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The Congressional Dishonorable Conduct Award

@cullystimson, retired Navy Captain and Deputy Director of the Meese Legal Center at @Heritage, joins @HvonSpakovsky to discuss the propaganda video by six members of Congress urging members of the military to disobey orders.

PLUS: 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.

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A Revolution of Common Sense

Today, @HvonSpakovsky is joined by @ScottJenningsKY, AKA, the “Black Sheep of CNN,” to discuss his new book, “A Revolution of Common Sense – How Donald Trump Stormed Washington and Fought for Western Civilization.”

PLUS: The movie review is of a classic film about politics in the nation’s capital, “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” Frank Capra’s 1939 picture starring Jimmy Stewart and Jean Arthur.

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Passports and the Single Girl – Or Maybe Not!

Hans is joined by former foreign service officer and Heritage Senior Research Fellow @WatchfulWaiter1, 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.

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The Midterm Elections Hurrah!

Hans is joined by former Federal Election Commission Chairman Allen Dickerson to discuss the pending U.S. Supreme Court case, National Republican Senatorial Committee v. FEC, originally also filed by then-Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, and the effect the Court’s decision on the constitutionality of the limits on coordinated party expenditures may have on the 2026 congressional elections.

Our classic movie review is of “The Last Hurrah,” the 1958 political film directed by John Ford and starring Spencer Tracy, about a reelection fight between the mayor of a big city and a civic reformer.

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Lawfare and the Silencing of Americans

Guest is @KimStrassel, 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.

PLUS: Classic movie review of “The Strange Life 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.

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Bringing Light Into Darkness - The Federalist

Guest is @Heminator, editor at @FDRLST, to discuss the rise of new media as a counterinsurgency to biased news organizations and the rise of censorship.

PLUS: Classic movie review of “Adam's Rib,” the 1947 film about married lawyers who end up opposing each other in court.

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THE ORWELLIAN STATE OF COLORADO

Guest is James Campbell, chief legal counsel for @ADFLegal, who argued Chiles v. Salazar before SCOTUS, challenging the Colorado censorship law that bans counselors from saying anything to their clients that disagrees with the state’s woke view of homosexuality, transgenderism, and gender dysphoria.

PLUS: 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.

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The Federal Reserve’s Reservation at the Supreme Court

@RealEJAntoni, The Heritage Foundation’s Chief Economist and a leading expert on the federal budget, explains the Federal Reserve, its problems and effects on our banking system and the economy, and the case over the firing of Reserve member Lisa Cook by Presisdent Trump that is now before the Supreme Court.

PLUS: Classic movie review of “It’s a Wonderful Life,” the 1947 Frank Capra Christmas movie in which one of the essential plot elements is a bank run on the small building and loan run by Jimmy Stewart.

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 Case in Point-Violence in Politics – Follow the Money!
Guest is Ryan Mauro, investigator for Capital Research Center, to discuss findings on funding of extremists like Antifa undermining democratic process by instigating violence in our streets

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My guest this week is @ryanmauro, researcher and investigator for the Capital Research Center. He joins to discuss the Center’s 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.

PLUS: 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.

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The Enemy Within

Guest is Robert Alt, president and CEO of the Buckeye Institute, Ohio’s premier think tank, discussing Buckeye’s lawsuit against the IRS and the dangers posed to the privacy of the public by IRS regulations and mishandling of taxpayer information. He also discusses his experience as a mountain climber and his recent ascent of Mt. Everest in the Himalayas.

PLUS, Classic movie review of “Lost Horizon,”  the 1937 Frank Capra film about a hidden city in the Himalayas.

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Prosecuting an Assassin

@cullystimson, Deputy Director of @Heritage Legal Center and an experienced state, federal, and military criminal prosecutor joins the podcast to discuss the practicalities of a murder case, including gathering evidence, forensic analysis, and the criminal prosecution.

PLUS: The classic movie review is of “The Manchurian Candidate” (1962), about the planned assassination of a presidential candidate.

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Crime Story – Cleaning Up the Nation’s Capital

Former Assistant U.S. Attorney and current @Heritage Senior Legal Fellow @tzsmith joins to discuss the legality, necessity, and results of President Trump’s actions to remedy the crime problem in Washington, D.C.

PLUS: Classic film review of “The Untouchables,” the 1987 movie about federal agents sent to clean up Chicago’s crime problems in the 1930s.

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The Last Line of Defense – How to Beat the Left in Court w/ @SenEricSchmitt

Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt’s 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.

PLUS: Classic Movie Review of “The Far Horizons,” the 1955 movie about the Lewis & Clark Expedition that started in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Democrats Run Away from the Alamo

@HvonSpakovsky and his Heritage colleague, @cullystimson, switch roles, with Cully hosting the show and Hans answering questions about the ongoing redistricting battle in the Lone Star State.

PLUS: Classic movie review of “The Alamo,” the 1960 film directed, produced, funded, and starred in by John Wayne.

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All Taxpayer Dollars Considered: National Peoples Radio

Guest is @Gundisalvus, Senior Fellow at @Heritage and former journalist, to discuss the cut off of funding to NPR and PBS, and the bias of its news coverage.

Plus, Classic Movie Review of “Absence of Malice” (1981), a film about unethical reporters and government lawyers.

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The Babylon Bee was put in Twitter jail for calling a man a man. Elon Musk spent $43 billion to bail them out, and although they can make jokes on X again, the fight to stop the Left’s assault on humor and free speech is far from over.

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