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

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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.

  1. 12/18/2025

     A Harrowing Christmas Tale from 1944!

    Hans is joined by Robert Greenway, military veteran and Director of the Allison Center for National Security at Heritage, to discuss the German siege of American forces in Bastogne, which occurred over Christmas in 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge. The Classic Movie Review is of "Battleground," the 1949 film about the battle, directed by veteran William Wellman, and the winner of multiple academy awards

    25 min

  2. 12/11/2025

    Slaughtering Humphrey’s Executor

    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.

    27 min

  3. 12/04/2025

    Rogue Justice – The Rise of Judicial Supremacy in Israel

    Guest 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.

    33 min

  4. 11/24/2025

    The Congressional Dishonorable Conduct Award

    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.

    30 min

  5. 11/20/2025

    A Revolution of Common Sense

    Hans is joined by Scott Jennings, 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.”   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.

    33 min

  6. 11/13/2025

    Passports and the Single Girl – Or Maybe Not!

    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.

    21 min

  7. 11/07/2025

    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.

    32 min

  8. 10/30/2025

    Lawfare and the Silencing of Americans

    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.

    31 min
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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.

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